Is death penalty mandatory? Should death penalty be abolished? Is it inhuman to send somebody to the gallows? These are some of the questions the Supreme Court will be mulling mid this month.
In a decision that would set precedent in the country, a death row convict has moved to the country's highest court, seeking to challenge a section in the Penal Code which provides for one sentence - death - in offences such as murder, robbery with violence and treason.
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