NEW DELHI: Congress is working overtime on its proposal to tackle violent crimes against women for submission to Justice Verma committee. Even as its women’s wing has come out in support of capital punishment for rapists and repeat offenders, Congress' draft proposal has suggested life imprisonment extending to the entire life of the rapist and setting up of dedicated fast-track courts with a deadline of three months for disposing the case.Despite women's organisations and protesters putting pressure on UPA for introducing death penalty, Congress may not succumb to this demand. The growing perception within the party, based on congress president Sonia Gandhi's interactions with NAC members and civil rights activists, is that prescribing death penalty could mean rapists getting more violent with the victim and even resorting to murdering her.A senior Congress leader told ET, “The studies we have with us show that the conviction rate in a crime declines with increase in severity of punishment. It will become more difficult for police officers to present a foolproof case as the accused could also try to murder the victim to finish all evidence.”Gandhi has been personally overseeing the framing of the proposal that will be sent to Justice Verma committee. Sources said Congress may suggest life imprisonment without any possibility of a parole for rapists. The leader said, "When we suggest life imprisonment it will not mean just 14 years. Life imprisonment will mean life, as in till the rapist is alive." Sources also said Gandhi has turned down suggestions of including chemical castration for repeat sexual offenders. The party on Wednesday officially denied it. Congress spokesperson Raashid Alvi said, "We have no proposal to include chemical castration as punishment in the draft bill."Congress has indicated to the government that it should not succumb to demands of honouring the gang-rape victim.A senior woman MP, who has been involved in the interactions, told ET, "Congress president has rejected all suggestions of instituting an award from the party side or the government's side to honour the victim. She says it will be a way of politicising the brutal incident. She has told us that there should be no honour either. The family should be left to mourn the loss of their daughter. But, at the same time, we should prepare an action plan so that these incidents do not ever happen."