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Jha, Aparna,

Demons & demigods : death penalty in India / Demons and demigods Aparna Jha. - First edition. - viii, 190 pages ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Table of contents

1. The Case of the Four Boys
2. Bachan Singh
3. Machchi Singh
4. Swamy Shraddananda
5. Dhananjoy Chatterjee
6. The Mumbai Bomb Blasts
7. Law is Not Mathematics
8. Bodies on the Hillock
9. Guns, Knives, and Swords
10. At the Supreme Court
11. Burning the Midnight Oil
12. Finding Flaws and Loopholes
13. No Eyewitnesses, My Lords!
14. The Star Witnesses
15. Other Witnesses
16. Skulls and Bones
17. The Final Lap
18. The Final Lap II
19. The Judgment
20. Afterwards
22. The Abolition of the Death Penalty: Global Perspectives
23. Death Penalty Creates No Deterrence: Hard Facts
24. Food for Thought

ISBN: 9780199489633 0199489637

Source: Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office

LCCN: 2018330600

Subjects--Corporate Names:
India. Supreme Court.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Capital punishment--India.
Capital punishment--Cases.--India
Criminal justice, Administration of--India.

LC Class. No.: KNS3964 / .J43 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 345.54 JHA