Need a lot more than a mere law

A law will help but will be a strong deterrent and  prevent happening what must not?

The ongoing current protests on the Delhi gang rape and media attention is important to bring the issues on forefront, make people aware and I also believe it will help correct value system of kids who are being taught incorrectly. All of this has its usefulness, no denial, however a bigger question which we need to answer is how do we build a stronger system that such incidents are prevented?

My answer to this is cleaning up of the entire police and judicial system we have - onerous task but see no lasting change unless these improve. The police is inefficient, they regularly goof up the investigations they do, there are so many instances of criminals getting away as the evidence was not strong. If you have money and connections, there are high chances you will manage the system well.

The Judicial system is slow that the justice is never done. Years go by and you keep getting a date after date, this is not an exaggeration or a movie dialogue, I have seen both of these machineries closely with a live case, and hence the cynicism and strong worry that another law may not make any difference.

Mumbai shootouts, Kasab and judicial system, high profile cases like Jessica Lal, Priyadarshni Mattoo, Aarushi murder even after getting all media attention and involving the best of lawyers the inefficiencies of system were glaring. The plight of a common man, the harassment of slow and expensive judicial system or inept police machinery is just unthinkable. 

The mere existence of law will only remain in books...

A much bigger and a different question in my mind is  - why we are breeding more and more of such criminals? It is another question which we need to answer. Gruesome crimes only seem to be rising across the world...