“Justice has been done
finally”. “Nirbhaya has won”. “Justice still lives in the country”. The morning
of 13th September, 2013 echoed with such statements from the elite
society soon after the four convicts of the Delhi Gang Rape Case were awarded
death punishment. Media started covering the faces of the four convicts with
black masks and hung them in their news bulletins once in every hour.
The country started
celebrating and the Supreme Court has once again been proven unbiased. The 15th
of September found two cases of rape in the front page of the leading
newspapers of the country. The fast track courts were back in action trying to
trace the accused. Is this really going to influence the criminal system in the
society?
The mass movements have increased, fast track
courts have come into action, media coverage has doubled, laws have become
stricter but the number of cases has not declined. If the change in laws could
not make a difference then a reform must be able to do it. For, change doesn't
initiate from a murder but from a reform.
An uneducated commits
mistakes because he lacks education and an uneducated commits the same because
he lacks morale. Ethics have long been erased from our education system and the
cut-off for languages (which teach a bit of moral values) has gone down. ‘Human
Rights Department’ rarely makes to the headlines and a person of values is
considered out-dated. Orphans hit the streets every minute learning deeds which
exceed their needs.
And our government finally hangs a handful of
criminals and showcases its belief in justice to common man. A mass movement
for the victory of good over evil takes place once in every month but the candles
which represent reformation are mistook for punishment.
“Don’t teach me what to wear,
but teach your son not to Rape”, said the slogans of the youth campaign. “A
change in mindset is all what is necessary”, is what a majority of students
believe. But the Government has its own ways of misinterpreting the mass
movements and leading the topic towards violence. It’s not very late. Let us
raise our voice against capital punishment and demand the Judiciary for
prevention and not cure.
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