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In the shadow of death
In the shadow of death is a retired CID chief’s quest to understand the psyche of death row prisoners. In this chilling account, D.V. Guruprasad delves deep into the world of crime to uncover who these convicts are and how they view the charges against them.
190 pages, Paperback
Published January 3, 2022
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D.V. Guruprasad
32 books4 followersಲೇಖಕ ಡಿ.ವಿ. ಗುರುಪ್ರಸಾದ್ ಅವರು ನಿವೃತ್ತ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳಾಗಿದ್ದು, ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಗುಪ್ತಚರದಳ ಮುಖ್ಯಾಧಿಕಾರಿಯಾಗಿ ಸೇವೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ತಮ್ಮ ವೃತ್ತಿ ಬದುಕಿನ ಅನುಭವ ಮತ್ತು ತಮ್ಮ ವಿಚಾರಗಳನ್ನು ಕೃತಿಗಳ ಮೂಲಕ ದಾಖಲಿಸುವ ಇವರು ಕ್ರೈಂ ಲೋಕದ ವಿಸ್ಮಯ, ವಿಚಿತ್ರ ಸಂಗತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಓದುಗರಮುಂದಿಡುತ್ತಾ ಬಂದಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ‘ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಜೀವನದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಸ್ಯ', 'ವೀರಪ್ಪನ್ : ದಂತಚೋರನ ಬೆನ್ನಟ್ಟಿ', 'ಕೈಗೆ ಬಂದ ತುತ್ತು’, ‘ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಎನ್ ಕೌಂಟರ್’, 'ಕ್ರೈಂ ಕಥೆಗಳು', 'ನೀವು ಒಮ್ಮೆ ಫೇಲ್ ಆಗಲೇಬೇಕು', 'ಅಪರಾಧಗಳ ಆ ಕ್ಷಣ', 'ವಿಶ್ವಪರ್ಯಟನೆ', 'ರಾಜೀವ್ ಗಾಂಧಿ ಭೀಕರ ಹತ್ಯೆ', 'ವೈವಿಧ್ಯತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾಮ್ಯತೆ -ಯುರೋಪಿನ ಹದಿನಾಲ್ಕು ದೇಶಗಳು', 'ಗಲ್ಲುಗಂಬದ ಆತಂಕದಲ್ಲಿ', 'ಯಾವ ಕಷ್ಟವೂ ಶಾಶ್ವತ ಅಲ್ಲ', 'ದಂತಕಥೆಯಾದ ದಂತಚೋರ', 'ಮರಣದಂಡನೆಗೀಡಾದ ಕುಖ್ಯಾತ ಕೈದಿಗಳು', 'ಮುಂಬೈ ದಾಳಿ', 'ಕೊಲೆ ಆರೋಪಿಯಾದ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ತಾರೆ', 'ಪ್ರತೀಕಾರ', 'ಆಪರೇಷನ್ ತ್ರಿಶೂಲ', 'ಅಪರಾಧಿಗಳ ಬೆನ್ನತ್ತಿ' ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಹಲವು ಕೃತಿಗಳನ್ನು ರಚಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
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January 5, 2023
Idk maybe this should be called "what Indian serial killers did that earned them the death penalty." I feel deceived! Doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it.
I picked this up because I saw it in the bookstore when looking for something to read about political or police corruption/the criminal justice system in India and this fit the bill perfectly, especially given my professional work and interests. People forget that some of my besties are murderers!
I largely enjoyed this because I was excited to learn about some of India's most infamous killers, and to learn about the common threads that link these murders together that are unique to the Indian environment and unlike what killers in the U.S. cite as their own motivations.
I think the final chapter and afterword combat some of this, but I wish there was more explanation into either the psychology, the trials, statistics, innocence cases, data, who gets the death penalty, the legal side of it, public opinion, an explanation of the appeals process, etc. etc.
I'm SOOOO against the death penalty, but when I think of like the 2012 Delhi crime it makes me think twice. Those guys were the scum of the earth. And hearing the lack of remorse from some of these guys it also makes me question myself a little.
My other qualm with this here book is that it was written pretty bizarrely at times. I know the authors just a police officer, but describing the sound of someone hissing as their throat's slashed as akin to a "lover's sigh" before then saying this same person is the victim of...necrophilia. It felt inapporpriate.
I picked this up because I saw it in the bookstore when looking for something to read about political or police corruption/the criminal justice system in India and this fit the bill perfectly, especially given my professional work and interests. People forget that some of my besties are murderers!
I largely enjoyed this because I was excited to learn about some of India's most infamous killers, and to learn about the common threads that link these murders together that are unique to the Indian environment and unlike what killers in the U.S. cite as their own motivations.
I think the final chapter and afterword combat some of this, but I wish there was more explanation into either the psychology, the trials, statistics, innocence cases, data, who gets the death penalty, the legal side of it, public opinion, an explanation of the appeals process, etc. etc.
I'm SOOOO against the death penalty, but when I think of like the 2012 Delhi crime it makes me think twice. Those guys were the scum of the earth. And hearing the lack of remorse from some of these guys it also makes me question myself a little.
My other qualm with this here book is that it was written pretty bizarrely at times. I know the authors just a police officer, but describing the sound of someone hissing as their throat's slashed as akin to a "lover's sigh" before then saying this same person is the victim of...necrophilia. It felt inapporpriate.
March 7, 2022
It’s all about 8 culprits who convicts facing the death penalty. Incredulously all events are odious forced to think about human psychology. Somewhere it elates to get to know more about characters and sometime diabolic character astonished.
There is 9 chapter in a book. Last chapter is all about hanging process.
Siddapa rayappa Kamble (Hangman in Hindalga Karnataka) remembers one interesting case. Two prisoners were given the death sentence. But two days before the hanging, one of them slashed his penis with a piece of flooring tile and injured himself. “The prison manual dictates that no person who is physically unfit to receive the punishment can be hanged. So, both the hanging had to be postponed(if in any case there are more than one person as a convict, they shall be hanged in the same day). And they were so lucky that a day before the revised date of execution, the Supreme Court commuted their punishment to life imprisonment. Both are alive today,” laughed Siddappa Kamble.
There is 9 chapter in a book. Last chapter is all about hanging process.
Siddapa rayappa Kamble (Hangman in Hindalga Karnataka) remembers one interesting case. Two prisoners were given the death sentence. But two days before the hanging, one of them slashed his penis with a piece of flooring tile and injured himself. “The prison manual dictates that no person who is physically unfit to receive the punishment can be hanged. So, both the hanging had to be postponed(if in any case there are more than one person as a convict, they shall be hanged in the same day). And they were so lucky that a day before the revised date of execution, the Supreme Court commuted their punishment to life imprisonment. Both are alive today,” laughed Siddappa Kamble.
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