In India , the death penalty is handed out in cases described as " rarest of rare " but Agnes and her team of lawyers at MAJLIS have been prominent critics of the death penalty and oppose it for all cases . Sometimes their opposition has been controversial as they opposed it for the accused in both the Nirbhaya case and the Shakti Mills case . Agnes talks of a class bias when it comes to convicting rape accused and points out that as per the rules of Section 376E ( which allows death penalty for cases of rape ) the accused must be " unrepentant repeat offenders " . In both the aforementioned cases , that was not the case and according to Agnes , this type of judgement serves to " dilute " the ' rarest of rare ' premise . Agnes is also against the concept that rape is worse than death or that a women who is rape is a " zinda laash " ( walking dead ) pointing out that not only does this concept demean women but if rape is equated with murder , " more women will be killed after they are raped . Even worse , less number of women will report rape , particularly if it is committed by a near and dear one . " Flavia Agnes is a part of the Global Feminisms Project , an archive created in 2002 to explore women scholars and activists around the world . The initial Project focused on four countries : China , India , Poland , and the United States , and was headed by the University of Michigan 's Abigail Stewart , Jayati Lal , and Kristin McGuire . Three additional country sites ( Nicaragua , Brazil and Russia ) have been added . The Project currently consists of seven countries and 79 interviews . The interviews are focused on the women 's experiences and their feminist activism
Shakti Mills
Shakti Mills gang rape
Flavia Agnes