Don't hang rapists publicly, or otherwise. A thread;
1. When the penalty for rape is death, rapists are more likely to kill their victims, so that they don't leave evidence behind. This means increase in murders and torture of rape victims. This also means convicting perpetrators becomes more difficult.
2. Hanging, especially in public, is a nonconstructive channeling of public outrage. The perpetrators of select cases are hanged, people are satisfied at the revenge, and move on. This does nothing to address the underlying societal attitudes and incompetence of law enforcement-
-agencies that allows rape in the first place
3. Victims may never speak up when the perpetrator is a family member
4.The death penalty is advocated as a deterrent, an " ibrath ka nishaan". Data does not show that the death penalty is a deterrent. A study in The Journal Of Criminal Law And Criminology shows that 88% of experts do not think that the death penalty deters murder (let alone rape).
One of the reasons for this is that when committing a crime that carries a death penalty, the criminal believes they will not be caught.
Worse, public hangings lead to desensitization to violence, and may increase violent crimes including rape and murder.
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