Day before verdict Mohan Kumar pleads for mercy
Mangalore: Serial killer Mohan Kumar pleaded for life before the District Session Court on Thursday as the Judge will pronounce the sentence in Barimaar Anita, Peruvaje Sunanda and Vamadapadau Leelavati murder case on Friday at 3 pm.Mohan Kumar who is facing charges of murdering 20 young women, had pleaded for mercy in writing.Reading out the letter, Mohan Kumar said, “My mother is ailing and there is nobody to take care of my wife and children. I hereby request you to have mercy on me while pronouncing the sentence. Further, since there is no earning member in the family, I request you not to impose penalty,” the letter read.However, responding to the letter Public Prosecutor Cheyyabba Beary said that Mohan Kumar had ruthlessly killed innocent young women without any humanitarian considerations. "He has committed one of the most heinous forms of crimes and hence he deserves nothing less than death penalty,” said Cheyyabba Beary.Responding to the same Mohan Kumar said that to impose death penalty the case has to be free from suspicion.“In this case the crime has not been proved. Nobody so far has found the cyanide or seized it,” said Mohan Kumar.To this, the Judge asked Mohan Kumar to appeal at the upper Court on these lines.Death penalty can be avoided if the accused is mentally unstable, he/she is either a juvenile or an elderly, if there is a guarantee that the accused will not repeat such offence in future or if the crime was executed on behest of others, or if the accused confesses to the crime. In Mohan Kumar's case none of these are applicable.
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