By Ashna D. Introduction Most societies perceive the rights of accused persons as diametrically opposite to the rights of their victims, and our society is no different. In January 2020, the central government urged the Supreme Court to issue ‘victim-centric’ guidelines in death penalty cases, suggesting that the present framework adopts an overly ‘accused-centric’ approach. … Continue reading The ‘othering’ of death row prisoners and their victims: two sides of the same coin