Feb 22, 2006

Jessica Lal verdict

What did you expect anyway? In our fucked up country, with the most fucked up constitution and judiciary, did the result come as any surprise? The only way we can clean up our act is to change the arcane judicial system. Circumstantial evidence must be considered for these cases, because eyewitnesses wont (cant) come forward. If I was an eyewitness and Pappu Yadav kidnapped my son and sent me his little finger in the mail, I will NOT give evidence. Its as simple as that. Even if there exists a system like the Witness Protection Program, I would not do it. I would not uproot my life and my son's life for someone else. The only way is if the law changes. Eye witness evidence must take a back seat. Truth serums must be legalised to grill suspects. There could be a 100 things that could be done. True, some innocent people will be wrongly convicted. But the theory that 'even if a 100 culprits go scott free, even 1 innocent should not be wrongly punished' does not hold water any longer. Some innocents will be punished wrongly. Tough luck. That does not mean that these bastards will get away with what they choose.

The only problem is..who will change the system? The people who are responsible for changing the laws will never do something that will screw them. So is the ending of RDB the only way out?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

nice to see u guys getting excited with these issues.
this is nothing new.
just forget these and have a peaceful life - we're Indians.
I love my India.

Shuv said...

bubai saala khud 20 din india ke bahaar rehke aish karta hai aur bolta hai god bless india?

Shuv said...

no. why?

Anonymous said...

i dnt think those guys will get away now,atlast the media overindulgence in all issues and those shit breaking news stories will finally do something good for this case.