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The Square Circle Clinic's work on India's criminal justice system extends into articles, blogs, and podcasts produced by the team. This is where that thinking takes shape in our own voice, outside of litigation and research. 

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Thumbnail image for article: The death penalty has been widely, unfairly imposed. Supreme Court has fixed the problem
Death Penalty
Mental Health
Thumbnail image for article: Death penalty sentencing in India: The futility of introducing safeguards for an inhuman punishment
Death Penalty
Thumbnail image for article: Why electronic monitoring for those on bail is a false promise
Criminalisation and Punishment
Thumbnail image for article: How Justice Bhagwati’s 44-year-old dissent mirrors the state of death penalty in India
Death Penalty
Thumbnail image for article: Harsher rape laws do little to prevent sexual violence
Death Penalty
Death Penalty
Thumbnail image for article: New criminal codes from July 1: A threat to citizen liberty, justice under the guise of a decolonisation
Criminalisation and Punishment
Thumbnail image for article: What happens during remand hearings? This is what a study suggests
Criminalisation and Punishment
Thumbnail image for article: India's burgeoning death penalty crisis - The Hindu
Death Penalty
Thumbnail image for article: After SC verdict on Bilkis Bano convicts, a question: Which prisoners deserve hope?
Criminalisation and Punishment
Thumbnail image for article: Justice for Bilkis Bano, questions on remission - The Hindu
Criminalisation and Punishment
Thumbnail image for article: New criminal law Bills endanger civil liberties
Criminalisation and Punishment
Thumbnail image for article: Justice, anger and the Nithari acquittals - The Hindu
Criminalisation and Punishment
Thumbnail image for article: GPS ankle monitors for UAPA-accused on bail: Too many issues to ignore
Criminalisation and Punishment
Thumbnail image for article: Criminal law Bills and a hollow decolonisation - The Hindu
Criminalisation and Punishment
Thumbnail image for article: New criminal laws don’t deal with the real culprit – India’s institutions
Criminalisation and Punishment
Thumbnail image for article: Controlling women's sexual autonomy - The Hindu
Criminalisation and Punishment
Thumbnail image for article: Expert Explains: What does the proposed legislation to overhaul criminal justice system mean?
Criminalisation and Punishment
Thumbnail image for article: The Supreme Court puts the spotlight on the mode of execution in death penalty cases
Death Penalty
Thumbnail image for article: EWS reservation: Supreme Court has not clarified tricky questions at the intersection of equality, non-discrimination, and affirmative action
Criminalisation and Punishment
Thumbnail image for article: Two-finger test in rape cases: Executive must summon the political will to implement Supreme Court’s directive
Criminalisation and Punishment
Thumbnail image for article: Twists and turns in G N Saibaba case raise important questions about state’s powers and responsibilities
Criminalisation and Punishment
Thumbnail image for article: Supreme Court reverses Bombay High Court order of bail to G N Saibaba and others: Gravity of offence vs Due Process
Criminalisation and Punishment
Thumbnail image for article: Death penalty: Deciding the rarest of the rare
Death Penalty
Thumbnail image for article: What numbers don't tell us
Criminalisation and Punishment
Thumbnail image for article: Indian court fighting against a tide of death sentences
Death Penalty
Thumbnail image for article: The injustice of exceptionalism - The Hindu
Criminalisation and Punishment
Thumbnail image for article: Death penalty for rape: Both Ashok Gehlot and his critics miss the point
Death Penalty
Thumbnail image for article: Reform bail law, but make the right diagnosis first - The Hindu
Criminalisation and Punishment
Thumbnail image for article: There is a concerted effort to plug procedural gaps in death penalty sentencing
Death Penalty
Thumbnail image for article: The challenge of reforming death penalty sentencing - The Hindu
Death Penalty
Thumbnail image for article: Opinion: Can there be justice in the 2019 Hyderabad encounter case?
Criminalisation and Punishment
Thumbnail image for article: Anup Surendranath and Adrija Ghosh write: In a heavily flawed justice system, Perarivalan’s release is a rare success
Criminalisation and Punishment
Thumbnail image for article: Delay in Balwant Singh's mercy petition - The Hindu
Death Penalty
Thumbnail image for article: An Expert Explains: Reforming death penalty
Death Penalty
Thumbnail image for article: Punitive responses to sexual violence need rethink, given perverse consequences
Death Penalty
Thumbnail image for article: Comprehensive reforms, not just CCTVs, can end custodial torture
Criminalisation and Punishment
Forensics
Criminalisation and Punishment

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