I am ambivalent about the death penalty. I belive that it should exist on the statute books but used very sparingly, by the book, following the rule of law etal. But this is the rational me. When i read articles like this, somehow the rational me takes a back seat and something much more primevial takes over - something that says hang him by the b***s from the nearest tree. And, it is this feeling that scares the hell out of me.
This from today’s ToI:

An adopted girl was repeatedly raped in connivance with her foster parents by one of their relatives in New Bhangala area, police said on Wednesday.

The tenth class student, given for adoption to one Bidhi Singh a few years ago, was found to be pregnant by her father when he visited her recently, they said.

The girl’s father, a resident of Mehtabpur, said in his complaint that on inquiry he found out that Rinku nephew of Bidhi Singh used to rape his daughter, police said.

Police have registered a case.

Let me tell you what will happen. Rinku will marry the victim, to escape prosecution, - rape her every single night for the rest of her life. And the law will say - miya biwi ….. hum kya karen?

And finally, the editors at ToI really need to look at punctuation.

was found to be pregnant by her father when he visited her recently.

is different from

was found to be pregnant, by her father when he visited her recently.

The former implies that he got her pregnant, the latter that he found her pregnant !!

Tags: Discrimination, Gender Issues, India, Society, Women