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  Kamduni gang rape case: 3 convicts get death sentence

  India | January 30, 2016 19:18 IST

  Kolkata: Three convicts of the sensational Kamduni gang rape and murder of a 21-year-old college student over two years ago were sentenced to death on Saturday by a city court while three others got life

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  Death sentence of 306 convicts commuted by successive Presidents

  India | September 02, 2015 8:09 IST

  New Delhi: Death sentence of 306 convicts has been commuted by successive presidents so far out of total 437 such mercy petitions.This was disclosed by the Law Commission, which has given a chart of mercy

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  Keep death sentence only for terror-related offences: Law panel

  India | September 01, 2015 6:18 IST

  New Delhi:  The Law Commission, in a report released on Monday, recommended India abolish the death penalty, with the exception of terror-related offences, saying that sending a convict to the gallows has lost its relevance

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  Libyan court sentences Gadhafi's son, Seif al-Islam, to death over killings in 2011 uprising

  World | July 28, 2015 21:51 IST

  Tripoli, Libya:  A court in Libya on Tuesday sentenced a son of Moammar Gadhafi to death by firing squad after convicting him of murder and inciting genocide during the 2011 uprising.The Tripoli court that sentenced

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  Convicts can't be hanged secretly, says Supreme Court

  India | May 28, 2015 9:31 IST

  New Delhi: Supreme Court has said that execution of death row convicts cannot be carried out in an arbitrary, hurried and secret manner.The top court, while observing that convicts also have a right to dignity,

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  Fishmonger sentenced to death in Malaysia

  World | March 31, 2015 13:17 IST

  Kuala Lumpur: A Malaysian fishmonger was sentenced to death on Tuesday for killing two British medical students.A judge pronounced the sentence after finding Zulkipli Abdullah guilty of killing Aidan Brunger and Neil Dalton, both 22,

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  Muslim Brotherhood chief and 13 other members sentenced to death

  World | March 17, 2015 7:51 IST

  Cairo: An Egyptian court today sentenced Mohamed Badie, Muslim Brotherhood's supreme guide, and 13 other senior members of the banned group to death for inciting violence and chaos against the State during the 2013 upheaval.

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  Nithari killings: Surinder Koli's execution stayed till October 29

  India | September 12, 2014 12:05 IST

  New Delhi:  The Supreme Court today extended till October 29 the stay on execution of death sentence of Nithari rapist-cum-serial killer Surinder Koli. A bench headed by justice H L Dattu posted the case for hearing

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  Supreme Court stays execution of Surinder Koli's death sentence

  India | September 08, 2014 8:29 IST

  Meerut: In a fresh development in Nithari serial murder case, the Supreme Court stayed the execution of death sentence awarded to Nithari rapist-cum-serial killer Surinder Koli for one week.SHM Rizvi, Superintendent, Meerut Jail, confirmed that

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  Nitish Katara Killers deserve death, says Delhi Police to HC

  India | August 22, 2014 20:53 IST

  New Delhi: The city police today told the Delhi High Court that Vikas Yadav and two others, convicted for killing Nitish Katara in 2002, deserve death penalty as the offence was “pre-meditated” and committed in

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  Court awards death sentence to acid attacker in Morena

  India | July 25, 2014 15:23 IST

  Morena (MP): In a landmark judgement, a Sessions Court in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district awarded death sentence to a youth for throwing acid on a woman.Additional Sessions Judge at Ambah in the district KC Gupta

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  Rapists do not deserve death, boys commit mistakes: Mulayam

  Politics | April 10, 2014 21:00 IST

  Moradabad: In remarks that raised a storm, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said Thursday the death penalty in rape cases was "unfair" as boys make "mistakes".At a Lok Sabha election rally in Moradabad, the

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  Seven get death sentence in human sacrifice case

  India | March 28, 2014 8:12 IST

  Durg : A court here Thursday awarded death penalty to seven people on charges of kidnapping and murdering a two-year-old boy as part of a tantrik ritual in 2010.District and Sessions Judge Gautam Chaurariya awarded

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  Death sentence to marines will be an act of war by India: Italy

  World | January 31, 2014 10:47 IST

  Rome: Giving death sentence to two Italian marines charged with the killing of Indian fishermen will be an act of war, a top Italian lawmaker has warned.  "(If the punishment is approved, it will be)

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  Man gets death sentence for rape, murder of mentally retarded

  India | October 02, 2013 7:26 IST

  Jaipur: A local court yesterday handed down capital punishment to a man for the rape and murder of a mentally-retarded minor girl in Rajsamand district of Rajasthan early this year.The District and Sessions Judge pronounced

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  Court reviews death sentence in Delhi gang rape

  India | September 24, 2013 11:46 IST

  New Delhi: Four men sentenced to death for raping and murdering a young woman on a moving bus have appeared at a New Delhi court where judges are reviewing the penalty.The attack last December sparked

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  Delhi gangrape: What the judge said in his death sentence order

  India | September 13, 2013 16:44 IST

  New Delhi: Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna who delivered the death sentence order to all the four convicts in Damini gangrape-murder case has described the offence in the rarest of rare category. Following are excerpts

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  Delhi gangrape: Celebs, politicians, activists welcome death sentence for all four

  India | September 13, 2013 16:47 IST

  New Delhi/Mumbai: Celebrities, politicians and social activists today took to social media to welcome the Delhi Court pronouncing death sentence to all the four rapists convicted for the gangrape and brutal murder of braveheart girl

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  Three Chinese get death for drug trafficking

  World | August 28, 2013 11:24 IST

  Beijing: Three men in China have been sentenced to death for drug trafficking, a court said.The court in south China's Hainan province announced Tuesday evening that Lin Mingjin and Yang Zuxing were found guilty of

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  Gujarat HC commutes death sentence in rape and murder case

  India | August 07, 2013 9:33 IST

  Ahmedabad, Aug 7:  The Gujarat High Court yesterday commuted the death sentence awarded to two convicts in the 2007 Chandni rape and murder case, to life imprisonment.  A division bench of the Gujarat High Court