Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 14, 2006 5:38:27 GMT -5
Supercop’s no to third degree measures, yes to capital punishment
Asit Srivastava
Lucknow, September 13: She has earned the title of ‘Supercop’ without having to take recourse to third degree treatment on criminals but she still carries the tough cop image when she says, ‘‘Capital punishment should not be abolished.’’
Having many firsts to her credit - the first woman IPS officer, first woman head of Tihar Jail- the largest prison in Asia-Pacific, the first person to introduce meditation to bring about an attitudinal change in the criminals, she is Dr Kiran Bedi, presently holding charge of Director General, Bureau of Police and Research Development, Minsitry of Human Affairs.
Bedi has her own reasons for not resorting to third degree for breaking a criminal. ‘‘Prayers and medidation assisted me in getting the crime confessed from the dreaded criminals.’’ And ask about the third degree’s role in crime confession- ‘‘It’s unethical...the treatment cannot be justified in any way.’’ How can such an (evil) treatment be given to humans, added Bedi scornfully.
But though she is soft on using third degree measures, Bedi stresses that capital punsishment should not be banned. ‘‘Definitely it (capital punishment) should be given, but in the rarest of the rare cases.’’ There are several faces of crime. Each has its own gravity. And depending upon this gravity, it should be decided whether the criminal should be sent to the gallows or not, reasoned Bedi, who was in the city to conduct a Management Development Progarmme (MDP) for IPS officers on Good Governance and Role of police at Indian Institute of Management IIM, Lucknow.
cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=201202
Asit Srivastava
Lucknow, September 13: She has earned the title of ‘Supercop’ without having to take recourse to third degree treatment on criminals but she still carries the tough cop image when she says, ‘‘Capital punishment should not be abolished.’’
Having many firsts to her credit - the first woman IPS officer, first woman head of Tihar Jail- the largest prison in Asia-Pacific, the first person to introduce meditation to bring about an attitudinal change in the criminals, she is Dr Kiran Bedi, presently holding charge of Director General, Bureau of Police and Research Development, Minsitry of Human Affairs.
Bedi has her own reasons for not resorting to third degree for breaking a criminal. ‘‘Prayers and medidation assisted me in getting the crime confessed from the dreaded criminals.’’ And ask about the third degree’s role in crime confession- ‘‘It’s unethical...the treatment cannot be justified in any way.’’ How can such an (evil) treatment be given to humans, added Bedi scornfully.
But though she is soft on using third degree measures, Bedi stresses that capital punsishment should not be banned. ‘‘Definitely it (capital punishment) should be given, but in the rarest of the rare cases.’’ There are several faces of crime. Each has its own gravity. And depending upon this gravity, it should be decided whether the criminal should be sent to the gallows or not, reasoned Bedi, who was in the city to conduct a Management Development Progarmme (MDP) for IPS officers on Good Governance and Role of police at Indian Institute of Management IIM, Lucknow.
cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=201202