Watch: What happens after a court hands down the death penalty in India?

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· May 14, 2017 · 05:00 pm

Delhi gang rape verdict: By invoking ‘collective conscience’, the Supreme Court sidestepped justice

Yash S Vijay Preeti Pratishruti Dash

· May 13, 2017 · 12:30 pm

History watch: When criminals could escape the death penalty by beating the executioner in a race

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· May 11, 2017 · 01:00 pm

Death penalty for December 2012 gang rape convicts is inconsistent with Supreme Court’s past record

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· May 05, 2017 · 07:36 pm

Reading list: Six articles to help you understand Friday’s Delhi gangrape verdict

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· May 05, 2017 · 03:40 pm

China remained top executioner, India carried out zero death penalties in 2016: Amnesty report

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· Apr 11, 2017 · 12:21 pm

Subramanian Swamy's new Bill seeks the death penalty for those who slaughter cows

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· Mar 25, 2017 · 09:42 am

The Law Commission has recommended abolishing the death penalty, except in terrorism cases

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· Mar 22, 2017 · 08:43 pm

The big news: I-T Department seeks source of large deposits made at banks, and 9 other top stories

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· Nov 19, 2016 · 09:08 pm

India opposes UN draft resolution calling for moratorium on death penalty

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· Nov 19, 2016 · 07:31 pm

Why one person alone cannot (and must not) confirm a death penalty, even if it's the President

Gopalkrishna Gandhi

· Nov 13, 2016 · 12:30 pm

Mumbai acid attack: Ankur Panwar sentenced to death for murdering Preeti Rathi in 2013

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· Sep 08, 2016 · 03:25 pm

The stark difference in the Godhra and Gulberg sentences shows why the death penalty should go

Shoaib Daniyal

· Jun 17, 2016 · 09:35 pm

As the world moves away from the death penalty, why is India tightening the noose?

Sanhita Ambast

· Jun 07, 2016 · 08:00 am

Chemical castration or death penalty for child sex offenders in Indonesia

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· May 26, 2016 · 06:10 pm

India imposed 75 death sentences in 2015, finds Amnesty International report

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· Apr 06, 2016 · 10:30 am

An assassin's hanging: Why Pakistan needs to kill the death penalty

Rafia Zakaria

· Mar 03, 2016 · 06:30 am

Pope Francis wants a worldwide ban on the death penalty

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· Feb 22, 2016 · 08:00 am

Saudi Arabia executes 47 for terrorism, including prominent Shi'ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr

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· Jan 02, 2016 · 09:22 am