The Debate on Chemical Castration: Balancing Justice and Human Rights

Author: Shefali Awasthi & Shambhavi Upadhyay are students at the University School of Law and Legal Studies, GGSIPU. Introduction Sexual abuse especially related to children is considered to be one of the most heinous atrocities that is prevalent globally. Recently, the issue came to the limelight when the parliament of Madagascar, a nation in the...

Interrelation Between Wrongful Conviction and Plea-Bargain – Faulty Conviction of Innocents and Criticism of Plea-Bargain in India [Saksham Tomar, Ravi Ranjan]

PLEA BARGAIN Plea bargaining is basically an arrangement between the prosecutor and defendant in which the accused agrees to plead guilty to some of charges or the original charge on him or her and in return get some concessions and reliefs from the prosecutors in the criminal case. Usually when the State has a strong...