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Death penalty
Pakistan: Retired general gets 14 years in jail, ex-brigadier sentenced to death on spying charges
Scroll Staff
· May 31, 2019 · 05:26 pm
The Readers’ Editor writes: Here’s proof that the print media in India is alive and kicking
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· Feb 17, 2019 · 08:00 am
J&K: Separatist leaders detained to prevent protests on anniversary of Afzal Guru’s hanging
Scroll Staff
· Feb 09, 2019 · 06:43 pm
Manipur: Man gets first death penalty for murder in state’s history
Scroll Staff
· Feb 06, 2019 · 12:37 pm
Pakistan: Supreme Court dismisses review plea against verdict acquitting Asia Bibi of blasphemy
Scroll Staff
· Jan 29, 2019 · 01:37 pm
The big news: Centre approves plan to send astronauts to space by 2022, and nine other top stories
Scroll Staff
· Dec 28, 2018 · 09:00 pm
POCSO Act amendments: Cabinet introduces death penalty for aggravated assault on children
Scroll Staff
· Dec 28, 2018 · 04:50 pm
Madhya Pradesh: Man sentenced to death for raping and murdering daughter
Scroll Staff
· Dec 25, 2018 · 11:54 am
Haryana: Man gets death penalty for allegedly raping and killing eight-year-old
Scroll Staff
· Dec 24, 2018 · 10:02 am
Supreme Court in a majority verdict upholds the constitutional validity of death penalty
Scroll Staff
· Nov 29, 2018 · 08:01 am
India votes against UN General Assembly draft resolution on death penalty embargo
Scroll Staff
· Nov 14, 2018 · 12:51 pm
Pakistan: Man convicted of raping, murdering seven-year-old hanged in Lahore jail
Scroll Staff
· Oct 17, 2018 · 11:47 am
The big news: Nirmala Sitharaman defends her visit to Dassault offices, and nine other top stories
Scroll Staff
· Oct 12, 2018 · 08:43 am
US: Washington state Supreme Court strikes down death penalty law
Scroll Staff
· Oct 12, 2018 · 08:15 am
Supreme Court stays death penalty of man convicted for rape and murder of four-year-old
Scroll Staff
· Sep 18, 2018 · 10:27 pm
Himachal Pradesh court sentences three men to death for murdering a four-year-old boy
Scroll Staff
· Sep 05, 2018 · 07:47 pm
Madhya Pradesh: Man gets death sentence for raping and murdering a 14-year-old girl
Scroll Staff
· Aug 20, 2018 · 10:36 pm
Madhya Pradesh to ‘reward’ prosecutors when courts grant death penalty, lifer: The Indian Express
Scroll Staff
· Aug 19, 2018 · 10:37 am
President approves law providing death penalty for rape of girls below 12
Scroll Staff
· Aug 12, 2018 · 04:31 pm
Death penalty is inadmissible in all cases, says Pope Francis
Scroll Staff
· Aug 02, 2018 · 07:04 pm
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