Page 2 - Death Penalty

Nirbhaya case: Supreme Court to hear death row convict's petition tomorrow

A Delhi court has issued a fresh death warrant against the four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case, who will be executed on February 1 at 6 am.

Nirbhaya: Mukesh seeks judicial review of mercy petition rejection in SC

The petition has been filed by convict Mukesh Kumar whose mercy plea was dismissed by President Ram Nath Kovind on January 17

Nirbhaya case: Court rejects convicts' lawyer's plea seeking Tihar papers

The public prosecutor, appearing for the Delhi Police, told the court that Tihar jail authorities have supplied all the relevant documents sought by the lawyer of the death row convicts in the case

Nirbhaya rape case: SC rejects death row convict's plea claiming juvenility

A bench comprising Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bushan and A S Bopanna dismissed the plea of convict Pawan Kumar Gupta and upheld the Delhi High Court verdict.

Growing clamour for hanging: Over 462 on death row in the year 2018

162 persons were sentenced to death by trial courts in the same year

Four convicts get death sentence in 2008 Jaipur bomb blasts that killed 71

The serial blasts rocked Jaipur on the evening of May 13, 2008 within a two-kilometre radius in the walled city, popular also with tourists.

Pervez Musharraf sentenced to death for treason: Chronology of events

May 11, 2016: Special court declares Musharraf an absconder in the high treason case against him.

Nirbhaya case: CJI Bobde recuses from hearing convict penalty review plea

The CJI said one of his relatives had earlier appeared on behalf of the victim's mother in the case and observed that it would be appropriate that some other bench hear the review plea at 10:30 am.

SC upholds death penalty of man accused of raping, murdering girl

A three-judge bench headed by Justice R F Nariman, by a majority of 2:1, upheld the verdicts of the trial court and the Madras High Court to award death penalty to the convict

US to resume capital punishment after a gap of nearly two decades

The five inmates who will be executed soon at a federal facility in Indiana included Daniel Lewis Lee, a member of a white supremacist group, who murdered a family of three, including an eight-yr-old

Bill seeking death penalty for child rape passed: Things you should know

According to the new bill, there will be stringent punishment for rapists of girls under 12

371 Indians are on death row; only 4 have been executed in 13 years

Among the prisoners whose mercy petitions were rejected by the President of India, the median time spent in prison under trial was 16 years nine months

The long arm of the state: Draconian laws often ignore the real issues

Take, for example, the issue of death penalty for those accused of raping young girls. For one, it is more likely this will lead to more rape victims being killed

Death penalty for child rape may not mean better justice, data shows

No more than 28 per cent of child rapes registered end in convictions, and there is a 20-year backlog of child-sex-abuse related court cases

Here's why the death penalty for child rapists may not help much

Do our patriarchal and judgemental police, prosecutors, judges and the media even believe these victims, let alone award death penalty?

Cabinet approves death penalty for raping children up to 12 years of age

The move comes against the backdrop of the alleged rape and murder of girls in Kathua, Unnao and Surat

Death penalty in India up by 81% in 2016: Amnesty International

In comparison, Pakistan recorded a significant dip of 73 per cent in the number of executions

Govt not in favour of abolishing death penalty: Kiren Rijiju

India has its own basis of formulating laws and it has to respect the 'sentiments of the people', Rijiju said

Bombay HC quashes Himayat Baig's death penalty in Pune German bakery blast

Court couldn't find solid evidence against him, but confirmed life sentence for possession of RDX explosives