Justice at last!

Kasab, the lone terrorist, who was part of the Bombay mayhem of 26/11 has finally been administered justice by the law of the land. Rightfully, he has been awarded the death penalty. One remembers how the court proceedings began with the initial doubt about his age and one almost thought that he was being adjudjed a juvenile and wondered whether the proceedings will ever take off and if at all it does, when would it end. To make matters worse, the defence lawyers underwent a shuffle. Thanks to the judiciary of this country and its firm foundation, a methodicity in the madness was established as numerous witnesses, alongwith the circumstantial evidence that were available were systematically examined and analysed, guilt established and finally, judjement has been pronounced.
I used to wonder as to why we'd to go through the laborious process of the legal proceedings when the guy's guilt had been established, beyond doubt, thanks to the media grab of the mayhem. But I suppose, international conventions and respect to human life dictate such actions. While following this case, I also understood the essential difference between the'penal law' and the 'law of the Shariat.' The latter is followed in many of the Islamic countries. While the basic tenet of the penal law allows 'the guilty to go scotfree for the lack of evidence or whatever, no innocent should be punished', the Shariat, on the other hand works on the precept that 'the innocent may get punished so that the guilty should never go unpunished.'
Having handed over Kasab his fate, wonder what feelings, the families of Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Karkare and the other brave soldiers who died on that fateful day, are going through? Their loss continues to be felt even to this day, I'm sure.