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  Two Indians in Kuwait saved from execution just in time

  World | June 26, 2013 20:46 IST

  Dubai, Jun 26: Just 48 hours before they were to go under the executioner's blade in Kuwait last week, two Indians got a reprieve, after paying blood money to relatives of their alleged murder victim

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  Texas woman set to be 500th execution in state

  World | June 26, 2013 15:47 IST

  Huntsville (Texas), Jun 26: Texas, the busiest death penalty state in the U.S., is set to mark a solemn moment in criminal justice Wednesday with the execution of convicted killer Kimberly McCarthy.If McCarthy is put

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  Bhullar's wife moves SC for suspending his execution

  India | May 07, 2013 13:21 IST

  New Delhi, May 7: Navneet Kaur, the wife of death row prisoner Devenderpal Singh Bhullar, Tuesday moved the Supreme Court for immediate suspension of the execution of the 1993 Delhi bomb blast convict's death sentence.But,

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  US asks Saudis not to execute Sri Lankan

  World | January 09, 2013 10:46 IST

  New York, Jan 9:  Saudi Arabia should halt the execution of a Sri Lankan domestic worker convicted of killing a baby in her care in 2005 when she was 17, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.According

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  Kasab's last wish: tell my mother

  India | November 21, 2012 21:50 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 21: ‘Tell my Ammi', this was the message conveyed by LeT terrorist Ajmal Kasab, who was hanged on Wednesday for his involvement in Mumbai terror attack, when he was told about his

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  Kasab nervous but quiet before execution: Jail officer

  India | November 21, 2012 17:19 IST

  Pune, Nov 21: Minutes before his execution in Pune's Yerwada prison today, Pakistani gunman Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab appeared to be nervous but was quiet and offered prayers, a jail official said."From his body language,

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  15 most brutal methods of execution of all time

  World | October 30, 2012 6:30 IST

  New Delhi: Here is a list of the 15 most brutal methods of execution in the recorded history of mankind: Whether it's being set on fire inside of a tyre or having your limbs slowly