In less than 4 days, on July 30 at 7 am, Yakub Memon will hang until he is dead at the Nagpur Central Jail. His execution comes with the judgement of Supreme Court, convicting him for playing a key role in Mumbai’s serial blasts in March 1993, which killed 257 and injured more than 700 people. Memon was charged under the Terrorist and Disruptive Act (TADA) for causing acts of terror, which included the plotting and funding the conspiracy. Today Supreme Court will hear his plea on putting a stay on his execution on July 30. This will be India’s third execution since it lifted its informal eight-year moratorium on executions in December 2012, when it hanged Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. He was the 56th person to be executed in the country since 1947. In an era, where countries are abolishing death penalties for all crimes, India seems to speed up its number in announcing death penalties. According to data collected by the Centre on the Death Penalty at the National Law University, Delhi, there are around 385 people, currently on death row in India.

Taking this serious issue into consideration, comedian John Oliver did a segment on his show Last week tonight, condemning many countries’ decision on imposing death penalties. "The death penalty is one of those things that's natural to want, but that you shouldn't necessarily have," says Oliver. "The death penalty is like the McRib. When you can't have it, it's so tantalizing. But as soon as they bring it back you think, this is ethically wrong. Should this be allowed in a civilized society?" He also cites a recent National Academy of Sciences study that shows that 4% of death row inmates are innocent. Watch Oliver treat the death penalty with his usual hilarious brand of comedy but cover serious flaws in punishment system.