Thanks for the varied comments. On reading up intensively, the picture that emerges is ambiguous to quite an extent..This should not be a matter of opinions but suo moto an exemplification of justice..lets hope that whatever is right and just prevails..either way.

Afzal has confessed to being involved with militants..but he had surrendered. If gilani can be absolved for lack of evidence, then if not let off maybe a life imprisonment would have been appropriate. In any case a death sentence turns them into martyrs.. who wants that?

” Prominent political leaders, social activists, writers and academicians on Wednesday staged a sit-in demonstration at Jantar Mantar, demanding that Mohammad Afzal’s death sentence in the Parliament attack case be commuted to life imprisonment.

The dharna was organised under the aegis of the Society for the Protection of Detainees’ and Prisoners’ Rights.

Some speakers demanded that the case be investigated again as they claimed that the investigation had not been “not transparent,” raising several doubts.

Booker Prize winner and social activist Arundhati Roy said she was stoutly against capital punishment, and supported the appeal for reduction of Afzal’s sentence.

“The Parliament attack case is full of fabricated stories and evidence, and to hang someone who would not have been guilty would not be justice. Secondly, Afzal was not properly represented during the trial,” said Ms. Roy, demanding a parliamentary inquiry into the matter.

Medha Patkar of the Narmada Bachao Andolan said death sentence to Afzal was a reflection of “terrorism by the establishment.”
Without a fair trial how can he be hanged??

this is what Malik has to say:”There is no direct evidence to link him to the incident. He has been sentenced to death only on the basis of circumstantial evidence. More so, those who had attacked Parliament had been killed and two main accused Masood Azhar and Ghazi Baba are out of the country. As in the case of Abu Salem, even they would not have been awarded capital punishment had they been extradited. So why is Afzal being condemned to death?” he asked.

Kill him if he is guilty..but AFTER a just trial

we know he’s wrong n therez no need to waste the space n time keepin behind bars waiting for a la kandahar! its time we gave a piece of our mind to those who tried messing up n ya.. red tape, political mileage n all rest aside, wen therez injustice we just gottu act selfish!