Crime & Media Trial: The Religious Context
Religion: The Deciding Factor "Don't judge me by my Religion" Yes! You heard it right and that's the broader context that needs to be set here. Crime simply put is " an action or omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable by law" Well! To be honest, I don't recall last I heard that term applicable in its true sense. In previous times and I am merely talking a decade, crime was still crime and the penance associated was more or less judged based on the severity of crime and the set of laws that prohibit and penalise for the same. The perception of people or society was also owing to the same set of rules. Ofcourse it wasn't all carved in the stone, there were exceptions, and those of similar kind that we are referring to here. But in general, the broader view was—to see the spade as spade. No doubt we also have had examples where the accused had used their influence, money or might to abuse the loopholes in the judicial system an
