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This World Day Against the Death Penalty, we& #39;re happy to release an abridged version of the Death Penalty India Report in Hindi. It documents the socio economic profiles of all death row prisoners in India & their interaction with the crl. justice system https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EiibJBD2SQG-ROmcbHDSPsLMpcuBIY80/view">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E...
The report demonstrated a disparate impact of the death penalty on the most marginalised. 76% of India& #39;s prisoners sentenced to death belonged to marginalised socio-economic background.
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Production before a Magistrate within 24 hrs of arrest is a fundamental right under Article 22(1) of the Constitution, considered integral to the liberty of persons. 64.3% prisoners (166 out of 258 prisoners) said that they were not produced before a Magistrate within 24 hours.
Article 22(1) of the Constitution guarantees right of every arrested person to consult a legal practitioner of her choice. 97% prisoners did not have a lawyer at the time of interrogation. 89.4% prisoners did not have a lawyer at the time of first production before the Magistrate
Majority of prisoners were tortured and the methods employed were inhuman, degrading and inflicted immense physical and mental suffering. 80% prisoners (216 out of 270) admitted to have suffered torture in police custody.
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70.2% of the prisoners said their lawyers did not discuss case with them. 76.7% of the prisoners who spoke regarding meetings with trial court lawyers said they never met their lawyers outside court & the interaction in court was perfunctory.
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Only 4.9% death sentences imposed at trial courts between 2000 to 2015 were ultimately confirmed by the Supreme Court. The remaining resulted in commutation or acquittal.
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