Capital Punishment
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404 prisoners are on death row in India, with Uttar Pradesh leading the list
Since 2016, there has been a steady increase in the proportion of death penalty cases involving sexual offences.
Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in
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As Delhi gangrape convicts await execution, a reminder: death penalty does not ensure women’s safety
India has an obsession with retributive and deterrent approaches and an increasing aversion to another goal of punishment – rehabilitation.
Gale Andrew
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Pranab Mukherjee says he rejected Afzal Guru’s mercy petition based on government’s counsel: Report
During his tenure, the former president rejected 30 mercy petitions, including those of Guru, Ajmal Kasab and Yakub Menon.
Scroll Staff
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Harsh Mander: The people of India have spoken. What changes now?
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Modi’s campaign was the most hate-filled in India’s history. Why did it fail?
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Watch: ‘You’ve given hope,’ says British politician Jeremy Corbyn on Indian election results
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Indian chess Schism: A north versus south battle to host the World Championship match
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‘Oops, you’re biological’: Cartoons, memes on Lok Sabha results flood social media
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Pakistan is using death penalty as a political tool, says study
The Justice Project Pakistan document said Islamabad had executed 44 people in 2017 so far.
Scroll Staff
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Court sentences Esther Anuhya's rapist-murderer to death
The 29-year-old driver had pleaded for a life sentence, saying he was remorseful.
Scroll Staff
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Death penalty: execution ballads were the news reports and tweets of a bloody era
People found out about crime and punishment in that most spectacular era of public executions, the Renaissance, through melody.
Una McIlvenna, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: ‘You’ve given hope,’ says British politician Jeremy Corbyn on Indian election results
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‘Storm INDIA felt most in Amethi and Ayodhya’: Satirist Ms Medusa’s election ‘weather bulletin’
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Watch: Comedian Shyam Rangeela imagines urgent calls to Nitish Kumar, Chandrababu Naidu for support
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Lok Sabha 2024: Decoding the mandate
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Video: Democracy, representation and Indian Muslims
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Supreme Court allots less than five minutes to Yakub Memon's final appeal of his death sentence
Three of its senior-most judges are to evaluate on July 21 a 'curative' petition filed by the man convicted for his alleged role in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts.
Jyoti Punwani
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On Thursday, Pakistan will hang a man accused of committing a crime when he was 14
Death sentence for Shafqat Hussein shows how Pakistan has become feverishly supportive of the death penalty.
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
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The case against hanging Nithari's Surendra Koli
Surendra Koli's fate is sealed, but there are nine good reasons why he shouldn't be hanged.
Shivam Vij
The Reel
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‘If AI takes over, we are finished’: How Indian voice artists are facing the tech challenge
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Watch: In ‘Federer: Twelve Final Days’, the tennis giant bids farewell to the sport
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‘Venom: The Last Dance’ trailer: Eddie and his wisecracking symbiote are on the run
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Start the week with a film: ‘Godzilla Minus One’ has thrills plus heart
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As movie stars go to court to protect their ‘personality rights’, are they stifling creativity?
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Nine reasons not to hang alleged Nithari serial killer Surendra Koli
There's more than an iota of doubt that he could be innocent of the charges.
Shivam Vij
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Should India abolish the death penalty? The Law Commission wants the public to respond
By filling out a Law Commission questionnaire, every citizen can contribute to the debate on whether capital punishment should be scrapped.
Aarefa Johari
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'Do we want people to be executed in barbaric ways in our name?'
Supreme Court's decision to commute death sentences of 15 convicts hailed as international landmark by capital punishment opponent, Yug Chaudhry.
Sumana Ramanan
The Field
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Football: Sunil Chhetri’s final game for India ends in a draw against Kuwait in World Cup qualifier
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Tennis, French Open: Bopanna and Ebden lose men’s doubles semi-finals in three sets
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Shooting, World Cup Munich: Sarabjot Singh opens India’s account with gold in men’s 10m air pistol
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Badminton, Indonesia Open Super 1000: Lakshya Sen moves into quarter-finals; Ashwini-Tanisha exit
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