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Top Court Fumes At Centre Over No-Show In Beant Singh Assassin Case
Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is convicted for his involvement in an explosion that killed then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, has filed a petition for commutation of his death sentence.
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Texas Man With Autism Faces Death Penalty Due To Alleged Child Murder
The Texas pardons board rejected a clemency appeal on Wednesday from an autistic man on death row whose murder conviction was based on what his lawyers say was a misdiagnosis of "shaken baby syndrome."
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Bill Seeking Death Penalty For Rape Convicts Passed In Bengal Assembly
The 'Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill', which seeks the death penalty for convicts in rape and murder cases or in cases of rape where the victim is left in a vegetative state, was passed through a voice vote in the
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Kerala High Court Gives Death Sentence To Man Convicted For Triple Murder
A Kerala court on Wednesday gave the death penalty to a man in a triple murder case.
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15 Men Linked To Banned Group PFI Get Death Penalty For BJP Leader's Murder
A Kerala court handed the death penalty to 15 men - associated with the now-banned Popular Front of India - convicted of the murder of Ranjith Srinivasan, who was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the BJP.
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Iran Confirms Death Penalty In Officer's Killing At Mahsa Amini Protests
Iran's Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence against a man convicted of killing a Revolutionary Guards officer during nationwide protests last year, the judiciary said.
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Mumbai Man Gets Death Penalty In 2017 Double Murder Case
A sessions court here has convicted and imposed the death penalty on a man for killing an old woman and a two-year-old girl in 2017 by setting them on fire, noting the case falls under the "rarest of rare" category.
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Infant Rape-Murder Case: Supreme Court Sets Aside Man's Conviction
Supreme Court set aside the conviction of a man facing death penalty for alleged rape and murder of a 3-month-old girl and remitted the matter for a new trial", observing that the trial was conducted in a "hurried manner".
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Delhi High Court Commutes Batla House Convict's Death Penalty To Life Term
The Delhi High Court on Thursday commuted the death penalty awarded to Ariz Khan following his conviction in the sensational 2008 Batla House encounter in which decorated Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma died to life term.
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Court To Give Verdict On Batla House Convict's Death Penalty Appeal Today
The Delhi High Court will deliver its verdict on confirmation of the death penalty awarded to Ariz Khan following his conviction in the 2008 Batla House encounter case, in which decorated Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma lost his life.
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Death Penalty Set Aside, Supreme Court Sends Convict's Appeal To High Court
The Supreme Court Monday set aside the Patna High Court verdict handing down the death penalty to a man accused of raping and strangling to death an 11-year-old girl who had gone to watch television at his home in 2015.
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Supreme Court Frees UP Man Facing Death Penalty For Killing Son, Brothers
Irfan has been in jail since 2014 after being convicted for his alleged role in the death of his son Islamuddin and two brothers Irshad and Naushad.
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High Court Reserves Order On Death Penalty To Batla House Encounter Convict
The Delhi High Court Friday reserved its verdict on confirmation of death penalty awarded to Ariz Khan following his conviction in the sensational 2008 Batla House encounter case in which decorated Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma died.
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For First Time In 20 Years, Death Penalty For Woman In Singapore
Singapore is set to hang two drug convicts this week, including the first woman to be sent to the gallows in nearly 20 years.
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Supreme Court Relief For Man Facing Death Penalty In Rape And Murder Case
The Supreme Court has quashed the conviction and death penalty awarded to a man for the alleged rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in 2010.
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Top Court Fumes At Centre Over No-Show In Beant Singh Assassin Case
Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is convicted for his involvement in an explosion that killed then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, has filed a petition for commutation of his death sentence.
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Texas Man With Autism Faces Death Penalty Due To Alleged Child Murder
The Texas pardons board rejected a clemency appeal on Wednesday from an autistic man on death row whose murder conviction was based on what his lawyers say was a misdiagnosis of "shaken baby syndrome."
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Bill Seeking Death Penalty For Rape Convicts Passed In Bengal Assembly
The 'Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill', which seeks the death penalty for convicts in rape and murder cases or in cases of rape where the victim is left in a vegetative state, was passed through a voice vote in the
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Kerala High Court Gives Death Sentence To Man Convicted For Triple Murder
A Kerala court on Wednesday gave the death penalty to a man in a triple murder case.
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15 Men Linked To Banned Group PFI Get Death Penalty For BJP Leader's Murder
A Kerala court handed the death penalty to 15 men - associated with the now-banned Popular Front of India - convicted of the murder of Ranjith Srinivasan, who was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the BJP.
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Iran Confirms Death Penalty In Officer's Killing At Mahsa Amini Protests
Iran's Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence against a man convicted of killing a Revolutionary Guards officer during nationwide protests last year, the judiciary said.
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Mumbai Man Gets Death Penalty In 2017 Double Murder Case
A sessions court here has convicted and imposed the death penalty on a man for killing an old woman and a two-year-old girl in 2017 by setting them on fire, noting the case falls under the "rarest of rare" category.
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Infant Rape-Murder Case: Supreme Court Sets Aside Man's Conviction
Supreme Court set aside the conviction of a man facing death penalty for alleged rape and murder of a 3-month-old girl and remitted the matter for a new trial", observing that the trial was conducted in a "hurried manner".
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Delhi High Court Commutes Batla House Convict's Death Penalty To Life Term
The Delhi High Court on Thursday commuted the death penalty awarded to Ariz Khan following his conviction in the sensational 2008 Batla House encounter in which decorated Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma died to life term.
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Court To Give Verdict On Batla House Convict's Death Penalty Appeal Today
The Delhi High Court will deliver its verdict on confirmation of the death penalty awarded to Ariz Khan following his conviction in the 2008 Batla House encounter case, in which decorated Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma lost his life.
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Death Penalty Set Aside, Supreme Court Sends Convict's Appeal To High Court
The Supreme Court Monday set aside the Patna High Court verdict handing down the death penalty to a man accused of raping and strangling to death an 11-year-old girl who had gone to watch television at his home in 2015.
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Supreme Court Frees UP Man Facing Death Penalty For Killing Son, Brothers
Irfan has been in jail since 2014 after being convicted for his alleged role in the death of his son Islamuddin and two brothers Irshad and Naushad.
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High Court Reserves Order On Death Penalty To Batla House Encounter Convict
The Delhi High Court Friday reserved its verdict on confirmation of death penalty awarded to Ariz Khan following his conviction in the sensational 2008 Batla House encounter case in which decorated Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma died.
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For First Time In 20 Years, Death Penalty For Woman In Singapore
Singapore is set to hang two drug convicts this week, including the first woman to be sent to the gallows in nearly 20 years.
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Supreme Court Relief For Man Facing Death Penalty In Rape And Murder Case
The Supreme Court has quashed the conviction and death penalty awarded to a man for the alleged rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in 2010.
