Mauritius Times

Death penalty: The legal hurdles will never be surmounted for bringing back this punishment

It was unexpected. It was a real surprise. That was the statement made by the Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam that he was giving some thought to bringing back the death penalty to combat crime and drug trafficking. That statement has in the last week sent ripples of discontent in many quarters. It has also provoked waves of approval with some. We have been fed with the oft repeated arguments on the pros and cons of the death penalty.

‘Cotoc’ Maureemootoo: Monument, Institution 

-- Dr R Neerunjun Gopee 

‘Monument, Institution’ – these are some of the terms that ex-RCC students whose lives he had marked were using to describe the man they had come to pay homage to: Mr Maureemootoo, alias ‘Cotoc,’ usher at the Royal College Curepipe until his retirement in 1970.