Another Shock.

Now another shocking announcement from Kasab's lawyers. They urge that he be granted life imprisonment instead of capital punishment. They urge the Judiciary to do this because:
1: Giving him the death sentence would make him a martyr. Instead he should be given life imprisonment as "giving him life imprisonment for this alone would serve as deterrent to others who may be planning to become 'fidayeens' (human bombs),"
2: Kasab was not the mastermind of the entire attack, he should be viewed as a 'contract killer' only.
Frankly, this announcement really does not come as a shock, after all that is what lawyers are there for. Ujjwal Nikam had a nice time blasting these arguments though, pointing out to the fact that Kasab voluntarily joined the LeT, mercilessly killing a huge amount of people, and also enjoying his actions.
And even after this flaying of their argument, Justice Ranjana Desai had the last word, "Do you think by giving him life sentence we would be able to prevent terrorist attacks in future. What message would you like to give to the society,"
Ouch.