Thoughts on the damned

In a just and humane perspective, the logic appears to be that Sarabjit is not responsible for what happened to the Pakistani national in the Indian government's custody. It is India's mishandling of the aftermath of the release of Kashmir Singh. As it saw a thankless Indian response. 

Sarabjit's case has no legal option left, having undergone all the tiers of the judicial system in the country. The only option available is that on humanitarian grounds. It is "a cry for clemency." Thus bringing to the fore justice and mercy since we as Muslims believe in the mercy of Allah. The editorial of an English daily states: "There is need to widen debate on the death penalty, the manner in which it is applied. And also the fact that in Pakistan the rate at which death sentences are awarded far outstrips the pace of execution. Resulting in the huge death row backlog at prisons.

While every life is important and mercy is never an act that goes completely unrewarded. There is a need to look at the broader issue of the death penalty, the claim that it is almost always the poor and powerless who are hanged. And the sheer inhumanity of the conditions in death cells, where thousands of prisoners, like Sarabjit Singh, continue to be held, waiting only to make the early morning journey to the gallows." Importantly, I believe that there is a need to focus on the death penalty issue. From a humanitarian context, those undergoing such a state in prisons (whoever they may be) are still humans and Gods creatures.