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  Kolkata rape and murder case: Five times when rape-murder convicts get death sentence in India

  India | January 20, 2025 17:05 IST

  Kolkata rape and murder case: There is a growing demand for the death sentence for the Kolkata rape and murder convict, however, the court said that the case does not fall in the 'rarest of the rare' category. There is a split opinion over giving capital punishment in India.

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  SHOCKING! This country's 29 children likely to get death sentence | Know why

  World | November 02, 2024 9:04 IST

  "The chief justice of Nigeria should be ashamed, she is a woman and a mother," said the executive director of Enough is Enough, a civil society organisation promoting good governance in Nigeria.

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  Indian-origin minister about to scrap mandatory death sentence in THIS nation I DETAILS

  World | April 03, 2023 23:54 IST

  Previously, courts had no choice but to mandate hanging as punishment for a range of crimes including murder, drug trafficking, treason, kidnapping and acts of terror.

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  SC reserves order on issue of review of death sentences

  India | July 15, 2014 22:45 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on a plea challenging the apex court rule which comes in the way of allowing open court oral hearing for re-examining its verdict on death sentence