The answer lies in the frightening institutional bias against the presumption of innocence once the charge of terrorism is laid. Rafiq Shah and Hussain Fazli were arrested in Srinagar three weeks after the explosions in Delhi. The charge against Fazli was one of conspiracy that rested entirely on the allegation that he had made incriminating phone calls. Their contradictory testimonies which helped sink the prosecution case (as the prosecution probably knew they would) were saved till the end. What, I wonder, is the term the general would use for uniformed men in the nation's capital, obstructing the course of justice to procure death sentences for innocent men, even as the terrorists who actually killed those 60 Indians remain at large?

Source: The Telegraph February 18, 2017 15:49 UTC