Syllabus: GS-II, Subject: Polity, Topic: Judiciary and tribunals, Issue: Death penalty reforms
Death Penalty Reforms:
- The Supreme Court issued procedural guidelines, attempted to reform death penalty in Manoj vs The State of Madhya Pradesh (2022).
- Death sentence reforms have not reached trial courts
- Acquittals by higher courts reveal systemic failures in police, prosecution, and trial courts.
- Case-specific acquittal decisions have failed to acknowledge systemic issues.
| +1 Advantage for mains (Data Point): 86.96% of death sentences imposed without mandated information.
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