Death penalty: Five-judge Constitution bench to frame rules on mitigating circumstances

Scroll Staff

· Sep 19, 2022 · 03:07 pm

Interview: ‘Constitutional values must define our approach to death penalty, not majoritarian urge’

Neerad Pandharipande

· Feb 05, 2022 · 09:00 am

Patna school principal sentenced to death for raping minor in 2018, teacher gets life term

Scroll Staff

· Feb 16, 2021 · 09:51 pm

Imran Khan’s ‘new Pakistan’ is plunging back into the Dark Ages with its proposed rape laws

I.A. Rehman

· Dec 06, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Trump administration is holding out the prospect of using cruel, discredited methods of execution

Austin Sarat, The Conversation

· Dec 06, 2020 · 11:30 am

2012 Delhi rape: UN calls for end to capital punishment, suggests imposing moratorium

Scroll Staff

· Mar 21, 2020 · 01:22 pm

Death penalty: Supreme Court sets six-month deadline for itself to list appeals for hearing

Scroll Staff

· Feb 15, 2020 · 08:48 am

As Delhi gangrape convicts await execution, a reminder: death penalty does not ensure women’s safety

Gale Andrew

· Jan 31, 2020 · 02:30 pm

Centre moves Supreme Court to seek ‘victim-centric’ rules in death row cases

Scroll Staff

· Jan 22, 2020 · 06:03 pm

Delhi gangrape: HC rejects convict’s plea, but Tihar says can’t hang till mercy petition is settled

Scroll Staff

· Jan 15, 2020 · 02:29 pm

Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte were the first convicts to be hanged in independent India

Prateek Jain

· Jan 03, 2020 · 08:30 am

‘Dawn’ editorial: The grisly punishment for Pervez Musharraf signals a descent into medievalism

Dawn.com

· Dec 21, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Can lynching or castrating rapists reduce rape? No, say lawyers and activists yet again

Aarefa Johari

· Dec 06, 2019 · 09:00 am

SC reserves verdict on review plea of death-row convict in Coimbatore double murder case

Scroll Staff

· Oct 16, 2019 · 08:15 pm

Supreme Court stays execution of man convicted of killing two children in Coimbatore in 2010

Scroll Staff

· Sep 17, 2019 · 04:55 pm

The death penalty law exploited by the British for oppression is still being used in Pakistan

Justice Project Pakistan, Dawn.com

· Jul 14, 2019 · 01:30 pm

The story of an eight-year-old girl: What happens when your parents are executed in Saudi Arabia?

Sohail Yafat

· Apr 27, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Sri Lanka to resume executions within two months, ending 43-year moratorium, says president

Scroll Staff

· Feb 07, 2019 · 07:06 pm

Fact check: Are rapists now getting hanged between three and 30 days, as Modi claimed?

Aarefa Johari

· Jan 31, 2019 · 04:03 pm

The big news: India slams Pakistan for raking up Kashmir at Kartarpur event, and 9 other top stories

Scroll Staff

· Nov 29, 2018 · 08:40 am