According to data, there were 541 and 490 death row inmates at the end of 2022 and 2021, respectively, and 167 and 146 death sentences were awarded in 2022 and 2021.
Watch | The Punished Brings Stories of Death Row Prisoners to a Wider Audience
Anup Surendranath, director of Project 39A, and Jahnavi Misra, author of The Punished , speak to Nisha Susan.
The
Punished, on why they decided to transform the research centre’s report into a book of vignettes, focusing on the lives of death row prisoners.
In this conversation on
The Wire, the panellists discuss the book, the decision to stay away from sensationalised writing, separating the crime from the criminal, and more.