Death Sentence
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Kamduni gang rape case: 3 convicts get death sentence
India | Jan 30, 2016, 07:18 PM ISTKolkata: 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 | Sep 02, 2015, 08:09 AM ISTNew 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 | Sep 01, 2015, 06:18 AM ISTNew 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 | Jul 28, 2015, 09:51 PM ISTTripoli, 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, 09:31 AM ISTNew 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 | Mar 31, 2015, 01:17 PM ISTKuala 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 | Mar 17, 2015, 07:51 AM ISTCairo: 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 | Sep 12, 2014, 12:05 PM ISTNew 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 | Sep 08, 2014, 08:29 AM ISTMeerut: 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 | Aug 22, 2014, 08:53 PM ISTNew 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 | Jul 25, 2014, 03:23 PM ISTMorena (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
National | Apr 10, 2014, 09:00 PM ISTMoradabad: 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 | Mar 28, 2014, 08:12 AM ISTDurg : 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 | Jan 31, 2014, 10:47 AM ISTRome: 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 | Oct 02, 2013, 07:26 AM ISTJaipur: 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 | Sep 24, 2013, 11:46 AM ISTNew 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 | Sep 13, 2013, 04:44 PM ISTNew 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 | Sep 13, 2013, 04:47 PM ISTNew 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 | Aug 28, 2013, 11:24 AM ISTBeijing: 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 | Aug 07, 2013, 09:33 AM ISTAhmedabad, 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