Capital Punishment
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404 prisoners are on death row in India, with Uttar Pradesh leading the list
Since 2016, there has been a steady increase in the proportion of death penalty cases involving sexual offences.
Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in
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As Delhi gangrape convicts await execution, a reminder: death penalty does not ensure women’s safety
India has an obsession with retributive and deterrent approaches and an increasing aversion to another goal of punishment – rehabilitation.
Gale Andrew
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Pranab Mukherjee says he rejected Afzal Guru’s mercy petition based on government’s counsel: Report
During his tenure, the former president rejected 30 mercy petitions, including those of Guru, Ajmal Kasab and Yakub Menon.
Scroll Staff
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Seven Kashmiri students arrested after row over celebrating India’s World Cup loss
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How Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban has plunged the processed food industry into chaos
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Stolen fingerprints, empty bank accounts: How customers are paying for gaps in Aadhaar
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How Jeo Baby’s risky ‘Kaathal’ fell into place: ‘Once Mammootty agreed, everything became easy’
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Pakistan is using death penalty as a political tool, says study
The Justice Project Pakistan document said Islamabad had executed 44 people in 2017 so far.
Scroll Staff
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Court sentences Esther Anuhya's rapist-murderer to death
The 29-year-old driver had pleaded for a life sentence, saying he was remorseful.
Scroll Staff
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Death penalty: execution ballads were the news reports and tweets of a bloody era
People found out about crime and punishment in that most spectacular era of public executions, the Renaissance, through melody.
Una McIlvenna, The Conversation
Video
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IFFI Goa: Michael Douglas tries the ‘Naatu Naatu’ hookstep, delivers Amitabh Bachchan’s dialogue
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Caught on camera: Panic after passenger jumps out of emergency exit of plane at US airport
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Watch: Rescuers celebrate after an infant is pulled out alive from the rubble of her home in Gaza
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Watch: This performing duo danced like puppets at an engagement party
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Filmfare OTT Awards: Actor Rajshri Deshpande dedicates her win to Gaza victims, Indian farmers
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Supreme Court allots less than five minutes to Yakub Memon's final appeal of his death sentence
Three of its senior-most judges are to evaluate on July 21 a 'curative' petition filed by the man convicted for his alleged role in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts.
Jyoti Punwani
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On Thursday, Pakistan will hang a man accused of committing a crime when he was 14
Death sentence for Shafqat Hussein shows how Pakistan has become feverishly supportive of the death penalty.
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
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The case against hanging Nithari's Surendra Koli
Surendra Koli's fate is sealed, but there are nine good reasons why he shouldn't be hanged.
Shivam Vij
The Reel
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How Jeo Baby’s risky ‘Kaathal’ fell into place: ‘Once Mammootty agreed, everything became easy’
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee stars in survival drama ‘Joram’
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Start the week with a film: Darbhanga blues in ‘Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar’
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Eye Spy: What doing the ‘dunki’ means – and where we first heard the term
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In music-themed ‘Chamak’, looking for the ‘spirit of Punjab’ beyond its stereotypes
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Nine reasons not to hang alleged Nithari serial killer Surendra Koli
There's more than an iota of doubt that he could be innocent of the charges.
Shivam Vij
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Should India abolish the death penalty? The Law Commission wants the public to respond
By filling out a Law Commission questionnaire, every citizen can contribute to the debate on whether capital punishment should be scrapped.
Aarefa Johari
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'Do we want people to be executed in barbaric ways in our name?'
Supreme Court's decision to commute death sentences of 15 convicts hailed as international landmark by capital punishment opponent, Yug Chaudhry.
Sumana Ramanan
The Field
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Boxing, Men’s National C’ships: Shiva Thapa, Amit Panghal begin campaign with wins on Day 3
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Archery: Dhiraj Bommadevara rides on luck and faith to let his talent shine through
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Australia tour of India: Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell make way for rookies as visitors rehaul T20 team
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