Justice could only be ensured by upholding death sentences: AG
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam in his concluding submission in the appeal hearing on the Bangabandhu murder case Monday said justice could only be ensured by upholding the death penalty to the convicts, reports BSS.
Referring to the judgements of the trial court as well as the High Court Division, the Attorney General said the actions of some misguided army officers cannot be considered in any manner a mutiny.
"If we present the whole activities of the killers chronologically, a clear picture would come up that it was a clear case of killing Bangabandhu, his family members and his close relatives," the Attorney General submitted.
In his submission, he said that their actions killed the country's President, who was constitutionally recognized as Father of the Nation, his family members and close relatives including a cabinet member.
"In view of the gravity of the case, we expect that the court would consider the evidences that disclosed the extreme cruelty of the convicts," he said quoting the arguments of the appellants' counsels' saying most of them has been in the condemned cell since July, 2007 and, therefore, their sentence may be commuted to imprisonment for life.
Referring to the judgements of the trial court as well as the High Court Division, the Attorney General said the actions of some misguided army officers cannot be considered in any manner a mutiny.
"If we present the whole activities of the killers chronologically, a clear picture would come up that it was a clear case of killing Bangabandhu, his family members and his close relatives," the Attorney General submitted.
In his submission, he said that their actions killed the country's President, who was constitutionally recognized as Father of the Nation, his family members and close relatives including a cabinet member.
"In view of the gravity of the case, we expect that the court would consider the evidences that disclosed the extreme cruelty of the convicts," he said quoting the arguments of the appellants' counsels' saying most of them has been in the condemned cell since July, 2007 and, therefore, their sentence may be commuted to imprisonment for life.