Capital punishment
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Supreme Court in a majority verdict upholds the constitutional validity of death penalty
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Mandsaur rape: Girl’s father demands death sentence for accused, police set up SIT inquiry
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Thailand conducts first execution in nine years, Amnesty International condemns move
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Opinion: #DeathForChildRape is an empty slogan – it won’t stop attacks on our children
Nandita Saikia
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Haryana Assembly passes bill to make rape of girls younger than 12 punishable by death
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Haryana Cabinet approves proposal to give death penalty to rapists of girls aged 12 or below
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Some Indian states are considering the death penalty for child rapists. But will it be effective?
Bhavya Dore
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Indian Medical Association asks that doctors be excused from participating in execution of convicts
Priyanka Vora
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‘In Pakistan, death penalty is for the poor’: Mother of mentally ill man on death row makes a plea
Iqbal Bano
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Contradicting the Constitution: What India’s vote against UN resolution on death penalty means
Arvind Narrain
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Pakistan is using death penalty as a political tool, says study
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The Law Commission has recommended abolishing the death penalty, except in terrorism cases
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Gangs, extremists: Maldives’ secrets come out as first person is put on death row in 60 years
Omkar Khandekar
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A freed Pakistani death row prisoner explains what kept him going ‒ a love of books
Zubeida Mustafa
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Pope Francis wants a worldwide ban on the death penalty
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Court sentences Esther Anuhya's rapist-murderer to death
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