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  • Death penalty: Centre tells SC it is considering forming panel to examine execution by hanging

    Death penalty: Centre tells SC it is considering forming panel to examine execution by hanging

    Scroll Staff
    · May 02, 2023 · 04:41 pm
  • Interview: ‘A shocking 35 of every 100 death sentences by trial courts later result in acquittals’

    Interview: ‘A shocking 35 of every 100 death sentences by trial courts later result in acquittals’

    Smitha Nair
    · Feb 05, 2023 · 08:00 am
  • Number of prisoners on death row in India highest in 17 years, says report

    Number of prisoners on death row in India highest in 17 years, says report

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 31, 2022 · 02:42 pm
  • Interview: Why we should care about the mental health of death row prisoners – and their families

    Interview: Why we should care about the mental health of death row prisoners – and their families

    Umang Poddar
    · Oct 21, 2021 · 09:00 am
  • The big news: Centre moves SC seeking speedy hanging of death row convicts, and 9 other top stories

    The big news: Centre moves SC seeking speedy hanging of death row convicts, and 9 other top stories

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 23, 2020 · 08:58 am
  • 2012 Delhi gangrape: Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking immediate execution of convicts

    2012 Delhi gangrape: Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking immediate execution of convicts

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    · Dec 13, 2018 · 01:02 pm
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    2012 Delhi gangrape: SC verdict ‘reaffirms our trust in the court’, says mother of the victim

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    · Jul 09, 2018 · 03:47 pm
  • Kulbhushan Jadhav now undergoing trials for terrorism and sabotage charges: Dawn

    Kulbhushan Jadhav now undergoing trials for terrorism and sabotage charges: Dawn

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    Pranab Mukherjee says he rejected Afzal Guru’s mercy petition based on government’s counsel: Report

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    · Oct 21, 2017 · 01:24 pm
  • 95% of death sentences awarded by lower courts were struck down: Study

    95% of death sentences awarded by lower courts were struck down: Study

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