Monday, May 09, 2005

Criminal Procedure amendment and Police's power to kill

The Parliament seems to have passed a new law, without
any public debate whatsoever, amending the Criminal
Procedure Code. Although it is mostly a good and more humane law,
it gives the police the power to kill an accused trying to evade arrest.
The police officer will only have to prove to an
inquiry that the proclaimed offender was trying to
resist or evade arrest.
Almost all encounter deaths will
gain the air of legality (and legitimacy).
It looks very dangerous.

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