The death penalty cannot fix India’s rape problem. Here’s why

Ever since public outrage and anger erupted in the aftermath of the rape and murder of a doctor at the state-run RG Kar hospital in Kolkata on August 9, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has been calling for a mandatory death sentence.

Now by unanimous vote, the West Bengal assembly on Tuesday passed the Aparajita Women and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill.

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