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7-Year-Old's Neighbour Sentenced To Death For Her Rape And Murder In Kolkata
Less than two years after a 7-year-old girl was raped and murdered and her body was found inside a sack, a court in Kolkata has sentenced her neighbour to death, holding that the crime falls under the category of "rarest of rare" cases.
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"Hang Rapists Publicly": Minister's Suggestion To Reduce Crime
Madhya Pradesh minister Usha Thakur on Thursday demanded that rapists be publicly hanged so that this kind of punishment serves as a strong deterrent for others and nobody dares to indulge in such crimes again.
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Rape Is "Monstrous", But Death Penalty Not The Answer: UN Rights Chief
Sentencing rapists to death, as Bangladesh did Thursday, is not an appropriate punishment even for such a heinous crime, the UN rights chief said.
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Bengal Serial 'Chain' Killer Sentenced To Death For Girl's Rape-Murder
A man, accused in a series of murders and sexual assaults on women, was found guilty and sentenced to death by a court in Bengal for the rape and killing of a schoolgirl in West Bengal's Purba Bardhaman district.
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Two Nirbhaya Convicts File Plea Against Death Sentence In Supreme Court
Two of the four men sentenced to death in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case have filed curative petitions in the Supreme Court, exercising the last legal option against the death sentence. Vinay Sharma and Mukesh Singh approached the top court two days after a Delhi court declared that the four rapists will be hanged at 7 am on January 22.
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Nirbhaya Mother's Plea For Hanging Rapists Immediately In Court Next Week
A request by Nirbhaya's parents to immediately hang four men convicted in the 2012 gang-rape and murder of their daughter will be taken up by a Delhi court on December 18. The court said a hearing can't take place before a petition by one of the convicts seeking a review of his death sentence is heard by the Supreme Court.
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'Death Penalty Can't Stop Cannibals': Babul Supriyo On Telangana Case
Even as an enraged nation demanded the death sentence for those behind the rape and murder of a 26-year-old veterinarian near Hyderabad, Union Minister Babul Supriyo today claimed that such "cannibals" will continue to exist in society even in the face of the most stringent deterrent.
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Madhya Pradesh BJP's Postcard Drive Seeks Fast Execution Of Child Rapists
Madhya Pradesh BJP Tuesday launched a drive under which postcards will be sent to the Chief Justice of India seeking setting up of fast track courts to hear appeals of those sentenced to death for raping minors, so that the execution can be carried out quickly.
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Court Awards Death Sentence To Man Who Raped 3-Year-Old Girl In Jharkhand
A court on Wednesday awarded death sentence to a person who was found guilty of raping and killing a three-year-old girl in Jharkhand's Gumla district.
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Man Who Raped, Killed 13-Year-Old Boy Given Death Sentence
A court in Madhya Pradesh has awarded death sentence to a 20-year-old man for sexually abusing and killing a 13-year-old boy.
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Law Allowing Death Penalty For Rape Of Children Cleared By President
President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018, that provides for stringent punishment, including death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years.
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Nirbhaya's Rapists Get Closer To Eventual Execution: Foreign Media
India's Supreme Court on Monday rejected the pleas to review the capital sentences of three assailants in a notorious gang rape and murder of a young college student that shook India in 2012, bringing them one step closer to eventual execution.
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Nirbhaya's Rapists Will Hang, Top Court Rejects Convicts' Plea: 10 Facts
The men convicted of raping and torturing a medical student on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012 will hang, the Supreme Court ruled today, confirming its earlier decision and rejecting the request of three of four convicts for their sentence to be reduced to a life term. The top court was asked to reconsider its own ruling in a review plea; the convict...
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Nirbhaya's Parents In Top Court For Verdict On Death Penalty For 3 Rapists
The Supreme Court will today decide whether the four men sentenced to death for raping and torturing a 23-year-old medical student on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012, triggering nationwide protests, deserve mercy. The top court will announce its verdict on a review plea filed by three of the four convicts seeking reduction of their death sentence to ...
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Will Nirbhaya Rapists Be Spared Death? Supreme Court To Decide On Monday
The Supreme Court on Monday will decide whether the four men sentenced to death for raping and torturing a 23-year-old medical student on a moving bus in Delhi, triggering nationwide protests, deserve any mercy.
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7-Year-Old's Neighbour Sentenced To Death For Her Rape And Murder In Kolkata
Less than two years after a 7-year-old girl was raped and murdered and her body was found inside a sack, a court in Kolkata has sentenced her neighbour to death, holding that the crime falls under the category of "rarest of rare" cases.
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"Hang Rapists Publicly": Minister's Suggestion To Reduce Crime
Madhya Pradesh minister Usha Thakur on Thursday demanded that rapists be publicly hanged so that this kind of punishment serves as a strong deterrent for others and nobody dares to indulge in such crimes again.
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Rape Is "Monstrous", But Death Penalty Not The Answer: UN Rights Chief
Sentencing rapists to death, as Bangladesh did Thursday, is not an appropriate punishment even for such a heinous crime, the UN rights chief said.
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Bengal Serial 'Chain' Killer Sentenced To Death For Girl's Rape-Murder
A man, accused in a series of murders and sexual assaults on women, was found guilty and sentenced to death by a court in Bengal for the rape and killing of a schoolgirl in West Bengal's Purba Bardhaman district.
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Two Nirbhaya Convicts File Plea Against Death Sentence In Supreme Court
Two of the four men sentenced to death in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case have filed curative petitions in the Supreme Court, exercising the last legal option against the death sentence. Vinay Sharma and Mukesh Singh approached the top court two days after a Delhi court declared that the four rapists will be hanged at 7 am on January 22.
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Nirbhaya Mother's Plea For Hanging Rapists Immediately In Court Next Week
A request by Nirbhaya's parents to immediately hang four men convicted in the 2012 gang-rape and murder of their daughter will be taken up by a Delhi court on December 18. The court said a hearing can't take place before a petition by one of the convicts seeking a review of his death sentence is heard by the Supreme Court.
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'Death Penalty Can't Stop Cannibals': Babul Supriyo On Telangana Case
Even as an enraged nation demanded the death sentence for those behind the rape and murder of a 26-year-old veterinarian near Hyderabad, Union Minister Babul Supriyo today claimed that such "cannibals" will continue to exist in society even in the face of the most stringent deterrent.
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Madhya Pradesh BJP's Postcard Drive Seeks Fast Execution Of Child Rapists
Madhya Pradesh BJP Tuesday launched a drive under which postcards will be sent to the Chief Justice of India seeking setting up of fast track courts to hear appeals of those sentenced to death for raping minors, so that the execution can be carried out quickly.
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Court Awards Death Sentence To Man Who Raped 3-Year-Old Girl In Jharkhand
A court on Wednesday awarded death sentence to a person who was found guilty of raping and killing a three-year-old girl in Jharkhand's Gumla district.
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Man Who Raped, Killed 13-Year-Old Boy Given Death Sentence
A court in Madhya Pradesh has awarded death sentence to a 20-year-old man for sexually abusing and killing a 13-year-old boy.
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Law Allowing Death Penalty For Rape Of Children Cleared By President
President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018, that provides for stringent punishment, including death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years.
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Nirbhaya's Rapists Get Closer To Eventual Execution: Foreign Media
India's Supreme Court on Monday rejected the pleas to review the capital sentences of three assailants in a notorious gang rape and murder of a young college student that shook India in 2012, bringing them one step closer to eventual execution.
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Nirbhaya's Rapists Will Hang, Top Court Rejects Convicts' Plea: 10 Facts
The men convicted of raping and torturing a medical student on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012 will hang, the Supreme Court ruled today, confirming its earlier decision and rejecting the request of three of four convicts for their sentence to be reduced to a life term. The top court was asked to reconsider its own ruling in a review plea; the convict...
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Nirbhaya's Parents In Top Court For Verdict On Death Penalty For 3 Rapists
The Supreme Court will today decide whether the four men sentenced to death for raping and torturing a 23-year-old medical student on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012, triggering nationwide protests, deserve mercy. The top court will announce its verdict on a review plea filed by three of the four convicts seeking reduction of their death sentence to ...
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Will Nirbhaya Rapists Be Spared Death? Supreme Court To Decide On Monday
The Supreme Court on Monday will decide whether the four men sentenced to death for raping and torturing a 23-year-old medical student on a moving bus in Delhi, triggering nationwide protests, deserve any mercy.
