Zimbabwe Abolishes Age Old Death Penalty
Zimbabwe’s cabinet approved legislation on Tuesday to abolish the death penalty, nearly two decades since the country’s last execution. The proposed bill to end capital...
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“No Death Penalty For 8 Ex-Indian Navy Officers”: Qatar Court
India said on Thursday that a court in Qatar reduced the sentence of eight ex-Indian Navy personnel from death penalty to a jail term. The...
Shraddha Murder Case: Father Suspects “Love Jihad” Angle, Demands Death Penalty For Aftab
by ANI
Father of Shraddha Walker, a Maharashtra girl who was allegedly murdered by her live-in partner Aftab in the national capital, on Tuesday demanded a death...
Saki Naka Rape and Murder Case Convict Sentenced To Death
by Shashank
The Mumbai Police in the charge sheet had said Chauhan knew the woman and she had been avoiding him, which prompted him to track her...
Nirbhaya’s Mother Asha Devi Slams Indira For Asking Her To Pardon Convicts On Death Row
Nirbhaya’s mother Asha Devi hitting back at Indira Jaising asked, “Who is she to give me such a suggestion? I will not forgive them even...
Will ensure death penalty for those who rape minors: MP CM
The Madhya Pradesh government will ensure that criminals involved in the rape of minor girls get a death penalty, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has...
Punjab government recommends death penalty for drug smuggling, peddling
The Punjab government on Monday recommended the death penalty for those convicted in drug smuggling cases. Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh said the recommendation was...
Death sentence to convict for rape and murder of 4-month-old girl in Indore
The Indore district court on Saturday announced death sentence to the convict in the rape and murder case of an infant in Rajwada area of...
Nirbhaya rape case convicts want to be spared the death penalty
Four of the men who gang-raped and tortured a paramedic student from Delhi on a moving bus in December 16, 2012, leaving the nation in...
Fast-track trials to be held for child sexual abuse cases, says SC
The Supreme Court today issued a slew of measures to monitor and fast-track trials across the country in sexual abuse cases involving children under stringent...