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Death Penalty

Yasin Malik pleaded guilty to escape death penalty, NIA tells Delhi High Court

Scroll Staff
· May 29, 2023 · 08:11 pm
Death penalty: Centre tells SC it is considering forming panel to examine execution by hanging

Scroll Staff
· May 02, 2023 · 04:41 pm
Singapore executes man for trafficking 1 kg of cannabis

Scroll Staff
· Apr 26, 2023 · 04:09 pm
Death sentencing needs reform, but is the Supreme Court’s focus off the mark?

Gale Andrew Lakshmi Menon
· Feb 28, 2023 · 09:00 am
Trial courts gave 165 death sentences last year – highest since 2000, shows report

Scroll Staff
· Jan 30, 2023 · 04:20 pm
The SC’s examination of death sentencing is the first step to a justice system aimed at redemption

CP Shruthi Baljeet Kaur
· Oct 20, 2022 · 07:30 am
Death penalty: Five-judge Constitution bench to frame rules on mitigating circumstances

Scroll Staff
· Sep 19, 2022 · 03:07 pm
Why SC thinks courts humanely evaluating the accused could reduce rush to award death penalty

Umang Poddar
· May 28, 2022 · 06:30 am
2013 Shakti Mills rape case: Bombay HC commutes death penalties of three convicts to life sentence

Scroll Staff
· Nov 25, 2021 · 01:02 pm
Complainant’s age is not the only criteria for death penalty in rape-murder cases, says SC

Scroll Staff
· Nov 10, 2021 · 11:14 am
Singapore court delays hanging of Malaysian man after he contracts coronavirus

Scroll Staff
· Nov 09, 2021 · 09:27 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
The Weekend Fix: Hanging December 2012 rape convicts is not a victory for women and nine other reads

Ipsita Chakravarty
· Mar 22, 2020 · 09:30 am
2012 Delhi gangrape: High Court rejects plea seeking direction to NHRC to check convicts’ health

Scroll Staff
· Mar 04, 2020 · 01:08 pm
Death penalty: Supreme Court sets six-month deadline for itself to list appeals for hearing

Scroll Staff
· Feb 15, 2020 · 08:48 am
2012 Delhi gangrape case: Woman’s parents urge HC to swiftly rule on convicts’ execution

Scroll Staff
· Feb 04, 2020 · 05:47 pm
SC agrees to examine Centre’s plea seeking ‘victim-centric’ rules in cases of death penalty

Scroll Staff
· Jan 31, 2020 · 01:44 pm
India is increasingly handing out death penalty to rapists and most cases are stuck in court

Swagata Yadavar, IndiaSpend.com
· Jan 30, 2020 · 09:30 pm
Chief Justice Bobde says death-row convicts ‘cannot go on fighting endlessly’

Scroll Staff
· Jan 23, 2020 · 05:00 pm
Centre moves Supreme Court to seek ‘victim-centric’ rules in death row cases

Scroll Staff
· Jan 22, 2020 · 06:03 pm