Capital punishment
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Death penalty: Five-judge Constitution bench to frame rules on mitigating circumstances
Scroll Staff
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Interview: ‘Constitutional values must define our approach to death penalty, not majoritarian urge’
Neerad Pandharipande
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Patna school principal sentenced to death for raping minor in 2018, teacher gets life term
Scroll Staff
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Imran Khan’s ‘new Pakistan’ is plunging back into the Dark Ages with its proposed rape laws
I.A. Rehman
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Trump administration is holding out the prospect of using cruel, discredited methods of execution
Austin Sarat, The Conversation
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2012 Delhi rape: UN calls for end to capital punishment, suggests imposing moratorium
Scroll Staff
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Death penalty: Supreme Court sets six-month deadline for itself to list appeals for hearing
Scroll Staff
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As Delhi gangrape convicts await execution, a reminder: death penalty does not ensure women’s safety
Gale Andrew
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Centre moves Supreme Court to seek ‘victim-centric’ rules in death row cases
Scroll Staff
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Delhi gangrape: HC rejects convict’s plea, but Tihar says can’t hang till mercy petition is settled
Scroll Staff
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Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte were the first convicts to be hanged in independent India
Prateek Jain
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‘Dawn’ editorial: The grisly punishment for Pervez Musharraf signals a descent into medievalism
Dawn.com
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Can lynching or castrating rapists reduce rape? No, say lawyers and activists yet again
Aarefa Johari
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SC reserves verdict on review plea of death-row convict in Coimbatore double murder case
Scroll Staff
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Supreme Court stays execution of man convicted of killing two children in Coimbatore in 2010
Scroll Staff
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The death penalty law exploited by the British for oppression is still being used in Pakistan
Justice Project Pakistan, Dawn.com
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The story of an eight-year-old girl: What happens when your parents are executed in Saudi Arabia?
Sohail Yafat
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Sri Lanka to resume executions within two months, ending 43-year moratorium, says president
Scroll Staff
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Fact check: Are rapists now getting hanged between three and 30 days, as Modi claimed?
Aarefa Johari
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The big news: India slams Pakistan for raking up Kashmir at Kartarpur event, and 9 other top stories
Scroll Staff