according to aljazeera's interviews of local women's advocates in India, nothing's changed that will help the situation.
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However, Kirti Singh, a women's rights activist, says capital punishment is unlikely to act as a deterrent in such cases; instead, the authorities should instead focus on carrying out proper investigations and legal processes.
"Studies have shown that death penalty does not act as a deterrent. Our experience shows the same. We are against death penalty," she told Al Jazeera from New Delhi.
"[In the recent child rape cases], there was a complete breakdown of law and order. It wasn't as if just because death penalty doesn't exist, there was this breakdown.
"Some people in India act in with impunity, thinking that they won't be punished. The certainty of the punishment, rather than the severity of it, should be made sure."