December 16, 2012 was a Black Day for India, the day when Jyoti Singh was brutally raped and left to die on the streets of Delhi. The last few days have served to gnaw at the wounds suffered by Jyoti’s family, which were just about getting better. On December 20th, the juvenile accused of the case was set free after serving his sentence of 3 years. This development has come in the midst of protests by Jyoti’s family and many others protesting against this judgment, with reports of the accused not showing any remorse making their way to newspapers. There is an increasing demand to change the laws to try juveniles as adults when it comes to serious crimes.
Jyoti Singh, aka Nirbhaya, the name whose story of bravery jolted the entire country into action and galvanized us to express our opinion, has once again come to the fore because of this judgment. Let’s take a look at what bloggers are saying about the release of the juvenile accused.

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