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Supreme Court Frees 3 Rapist-Killers Called "Predators" By High Court
The Supreme Court today freed three men convicted of raping and torturing a 19-year-old Delhi woman before killing her in 2012, months before the Nirbhaya case. The Delhi High Court had described them as predators trawling the streets for prey.
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Nirbhaya Rape Convicts' Last-Minute Petition Against Hanging Dismissed
The 5.30 am execution inching closer, three of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case had approached the Delhi High Court for a last minute reprieve, but drew a blank.
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They Deserve It: Ex-High Court Judges On Death Penalty To Nirbhaya Convicts
Former judges of the Delhi High Court on Thursday backed the death penalty for the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case asserting that it was a rarest of the rare case and the "brutality" committed by them on December 16, 2012 deserved the extreme punishment.
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Nirbhaya Convict's Wife Threatens Suicide Day Before Hanging
Barely 24 hours before the four convicts in the Nirbhaya case are to be executed, a drama played out outside Delhi's Patiala House court today as the wife of one of the convicts threatened to kill herself. Akshay Singh and three others, found guilty of the horrific rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedical student eight years ago, will be hanged...
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No Legal Remedies Of Nirbhaya Convicts Pending, Court Told
A Delhi court was on Thursday told that no legal remedies of any of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case were pending in any of the courts.
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"Hanging Nirbhaya Convicts Won't Bring Justice": Ex-Judge Kurian Joseph
The hanging of the four men convicted of the 2012 gang-rape of Nirbhaya will not bring justice to her parents, former Supreme Court judge Kurian Joseph said on Wednesday, two days before their scheduled execution. Justice Joseph questioned whether such crimes would stop with this hanging.
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Delhi Court Pulls Up Nirbhaya Convicts' Lawyer Over "Last Hour Approach"
A Delhi court on Wednesday came down heavily on the lawyer representing the death-row convicts in Nirbhaya rape case, asking him why he always approaches court at the last hour.
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Nirbhaya Convicts Seek Quashing Of Death Penalty Citing Second Mercy Plea
The counsel for the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case moved a court on Wednesday seeking quashing of their death penalty, saying the second mercy plea of one of them is still pending.
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Tihar Jail Holds Dummy Hanging Of Nirbhaya Gang-Rape Convicts
A dummy execution for the four Nirbhaya gang-rape convicts was conducted at Delhi's Tihar Jail by hangman Pawan.
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Nirbhaya Convicts' Lawyer Approaches Human Rights' Body For Stay On Execution
Advocate AP Singh, the lawyer of the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder convicts, on Tuesday said that he has approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking a stay on the execution of the four death row convicts.
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In Fresh Plea Nirbhaya Convict Claims He Wasn't In Delhi On December 16, Court Reserves Order
A Delhi court today reserved its order on plea of Mukesh Singh, one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, seeking quashing of his death penalty.
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3 Nirbhaya Convicts Move UN Court In Latest Attempt To Stall Execution
Three of the four men convicted in the 2012 gang-rape and killing of Nirbhaya today petitioned the United Nation's International Court of Justice (ICJ) in another eleventh-hour attempt to stall their hanging, scheduled on Friday.
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"No Remedy Left": Top Court Rejects Nirbhaya Convict's Fresh Request
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the request by one of convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape to file a new curative petition against his death sentence, refusing to once again put on hold their execution due this week.
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Tihar Asks Hangman Pawan Jallad To Report 3 Days Before Execution
With just five days left for the execution of the death sentence in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, the Tihar Jail authorities on Sunday said they have asked the hangman to report three days ahead of the scheduled hanging.
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Nirbhaya Convict Vinay Sharma Moves High Court Over Rejected Mercy Plea
One of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, Vinay Sharma, on Friday approached the Delhi High Court claiming that there were procedural lapses and "constitutional irregularities" in the rejection of his mercy plea by President Ram Nath Kovind.
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Supreme Court Frees 3 Rapist-Killers Called "Predators" By High Court
The Supreme Court today freed three men convicted of raping and torturing a 19-year-old Delhi woman before killing her in 2012, months before the Nirbhaya case. The Delhi High Court had described them as predators trawling the streets for prey.
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Nirbhaya Rape Convicts' Last-Minute Petition Against Hanging Dismissed
The 5.30 am execution inching closer, three of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case had approached the Delhi High Court for a last minute reprieve, but drew a blank.
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They Deserve It: Ex-High Court Judges On Death Penalty To Nirbhaya Convicts
Former judges of the Delhi High Court on Thursday backed the death penalty for the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case asserting that it was a rarest of the rare case and the "brutality" committed by them on December 16, 2012 deserved the extreme punishment.
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Nirbhaya Convict's Wife Threatens Suicide Day Before Hanging
Barely 24 hours before the four convicts in the Nirbhaya case are to be executed, a drama played out outside Delhi's Patiala House court today as the wife of one of the convicts threatened to kill herself. Akshay Singh and three others, found guilty of the horrific rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedical student eight years ago, will be hanged...
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No Legal Remedies Of Nirbhaya Convicts Pending, Court Told
A Delhi court was on Thursday told that no legal remedies of any of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case were pending in any of the courts.
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"Hanging Nirbhaya Convicts Won't Bring Justice": Ex-Judge Kurian Joseph
The hanging of the four men convicted of the 2012 gang-rape of Nirbhaya will not bring justice to her parents, former Supreme Court judge Kurian Joseph said on Wednesday, two days before their scheduled execution. Justice Joseph questioned whether such crimes would stop with this hanging.
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Delhi Court Pulls Up Nirbhaya Convicts' Lawyer Over "Last Hour Approach"
A Delhi court on Wednesday came down heavily on the lawyer representing the death-row convicts in Nirbhaya rape case, asking him why he always approaches court at the last hour.
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Nirbhaya Convicts Seek Quashing Of Death Penalty Citing Second Mercy Plea
The counsel for the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case moved a court on Wednesday seeking quashing of their death penalty, saying the second mercy plea of one of them is still pending.
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Tihar Jail Holds Dummy Hanging Of Nirbhaya Gang-Rape Convicts
A dummy execution for the four Nirbhaya gang-rape convicts was conducted at Delhi's Tihar Jail by hangman Pawan.
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Nirbhaya Convicts' Lawyer Approaches Human Rights' Body For Stay On Execution
Advocate AP Singh, the lawyer of the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder convicts, on Tuesday said that he has approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking a stay on the execution of the four death row convicts.
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In Fresh Plea Nirbhaya Convict Claims He Wasn't In Delhi On December 16, Court Reserves Order
A Delhi court today reserved its order on plea of Mukesh Singh, one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, seeking quashing of his death penalty.
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3 Nirbhaya Convicts Move UN Court In Latest Attempt To Stall Execution
Three of the four men convicted in the 2012 gang-rape and killing of Nirbhaya today petitioned the United Nation's International Court of Justice (ICJ) in another eleventh-hour attempt to stall their hanging, scheduled on Friday.
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"No Remedy Left": Top Court Rejects Nirbhaya Convict's Fresh Request
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the request by one of convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape to file a new curative petition against his death sentence, refusing to once again put on hold their execution due this week.
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Tihar Asks Hangman Pawan Jallad To Report 3 Days Before Execution
With just five days left for the execution of the death sentence in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, the Tihar Jail authorities on Sunday said they have asked the hangman to report three days ahead of the scheduled hanging.
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Nirbhaya Convict Vinay Sharma Moves High Court Over Rejected Mercy Plea
One of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, Vinay Sharma, on Friday approached the Delhi High Court claiming that there were procedural lapses and "constitutional irregularities" in the rejection of his mercy plea by President Ram Nath Kovind.
