New Delhi: Congress MP Sashi Tharoor triggered a controversy, Thursday, by terming the execution of 1993 Mumbai blasts case co-conspirator Yakub Memon as “state-sponsored killing”.
Tharoor tweeted:
There is no evidence that death penalty serves as a deterrent: to the contrary in fact. All it does is exact retribution: unworthy of a Govt
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) July 30, 2015
We must fight against terrorism w/all the means at our command. But cold-blooded execution has never prevented a terror attack anywhere.
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) July 30, 2015
I'm not commenting on the merits of a specific case: that's for the Supreme Court to decide. Problem is death penalty in principle&practice
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) July 30, 2015
Later speaking to a news channel, Tharoor said that death penalty cannot be justified at any cost, adding that it is a deeply flawed punishment.
