Jinee Lokaneeta

The writer is Professor in Political Science & International Relations at Drew University. She is author of The Truth Machines: Policing, Violence and Scientific Interrogations in India (Univ of Michigan Press, Orient Blackswan, 2020)

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What happens during remand hearings? This is what a study suggestsSubscriber Only

May 18,2024 07:18:04 AM

The Supreme Court this week directed the release of jailed journalist Prabir Purkayastha on the ground that due-process safeguards were not followed in his arrest and detention, and that his constitutional rights had been violated.

Sun, May 19, 2024

How the ‘anda cell’ is used to discipline prison inmatesSubscriber Only

October 28,2021 03:00:34 AM

Jinee Lokaneeta writes: Although it does not exist in prison manuals, it’s a well-known element of Indian jails.

Fri, Oct 29, 2021

Time is essential to ensuring justice in custodial death casesSubscriber Only

June 23,2021 03:01:12 AM

Jinee Lokaneeta writes: One year after the custodial deaths of Jayaraj and Bennix in Sathankulam, we must reimagine time as a political good to ensure justice for state violence.

Wed, Jun 23, 2021

In Hathras case, narcoanalysis further victimises the Dalit woman’s family by publicly contesting their versionSubscriber Only

October 19,2020 00:23:36 AM

Narcoanalysis would invite a public/media trial which manipulates science, favours the dominant.

Mon, Oct 19, 2020