Pleading for life and mercy, two of the four death row convicts in Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case told the Supreme Court on Friday that capital punishment is violative of basic human rights and requested the court to give them a chance to reform by commuting their sentence to life imprisonment.
Appearing before a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan, advocate A P Singh pleaded the bench to show compassion to the convicts in view of their socio-economic background and clean record before the incident.
Singh, who was appearing for convicts Vinay Sharma and Pawan Gupta, said many habitual offenders had reformed over time and his clients should also be given a chance.Click Here: Putters