Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Article: "India Gang Rape Case: 4 Men Sentenced To Death"
Here is the article about the men in India who have been sentenced to death for so brutally raping a woman that it led to her death. The woman was a college student and was attacked while riding a bus with her friend home from seeing the film Life of Pie. I found the situation particularly disturbing because this young woman was around our age, getting an education like we are, and on her way home from enjoying a movie like we may do; it just goes to show that anyone could meet this horrific fate if something is not done about rape, and violence in general, throughout the world. Fortunately, the men's sentence reflects that the Indian government and Indian society are refusing to accept such actions.
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This is article is emblematic of the fact that we all have anomalies within our belief systems. Though I tend to believe that the death penalty is wrong, this story is so brutal that as I read it I found myself extremely relived that these men were atheist sentenced to death. I’m not sure whether or not the death penalty encroaches on our 8th amendment rights against “cruel and unusual punishments.”
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