{"id":10523,"date":"2025-10-22T06:02:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/?p=10523"},"modified":"2025-10-22T06:09:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:09:29","slug":"from-death-penalty-to-life-term-humanitarian-shifts-in-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/from-death-penalty-to-life-term-humanitarian-shifts-in-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"From Death Penalty to Life Term: Humanitarian Shifts in Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>Introduction to Death Penalty Jurisprudence in India<\/span><\/h2>\n

The death penalty has always been one of the most debated aspects of criminal jurisprudence. In India, although constitutionally valid under Article 21, its imposition is guided by the \u201crarest of rare\u201d doctrine. However, over the decades, the Supreme Court and various High Courts have exhibited a growing inclination towards commutation of death sentences to life imprisonment, emphasizing reformative justice, mitigating factors, and proportionality of punishment. The 262nd Law Commission Report (2015) echoed this humanitarian trajectory, urging abolition of the death penalty for all crimes except those concerning terrorism, citing the risk of judicial error and moral inconsistency.<\/p>

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