Chief Justice Bobde says death-row convicts ‘cannot go on fighting endlessly’

He said the Supreme Court should focus on the rights of the victims.

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· Jan 23, 2020 · 05:00 pm

Centre moves Supreme Court to seek ‘victim-centric’ rules in death row cases

The government sought a time limit for convicts to use the last legal options available to them.

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· Jan 22, 2020 · 06:03 pm

2012 Delhi gangrape case: ‘Death penalty not a deterrent against crimes,’ say women’s rights groups

Sixteen organisations and over 360 individuals urged President Ram Nath Kovind to stop the execution of the four convicts.

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· Jan 15, 2020 · 09:54 pm

Manipur: Man gets first death penalty for murder in state’s history

Yumkhaibam Rohit was convicted for the murder of his girlfriend. His accomplice was sentenced to life in prison.

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· Feb 06, 2019 · 12:37 pm

Madhya Pradesh: Man gets death sentence for raping and murdering a 14-year-old girl

Director of Public Prosecution Rajendra Kumar said this was the eleventh case where a person was sentenced to death for sexually assaulting a minor.

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· Aug 20, 2018 · 10:36 pm

Why Japan is reluctant to retry the world’s longest-serving death row inmate

Iwao Hakamada was tried for quadruple murder in 1966, but the evidence that convicted him is regarded with widespread scepticism.

Mai Sato, The Conversation

· Jul 04, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Thailand conducts first execution in nine years, Amnesty International condemns move

Murder convict Theerasak Longji was put to death by a lethal injection.

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· Jun 19, 2018 · 04:41 pm

Death by hanging is less barbaric than execution by lethal injection, firing squad: Centre tells SC

The government made this point in a counter-affidavit filed in response to a plea seeking alternative methods of executing death row convicts.

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· Apr 24, 2018 · 06:22 pm

Iraqi court sentences 16 Turkish women to death for fighting for the Islamic State

The country has been conducting trials of hundreds of foreign women who have been detained since strongholds of the terror group stared falling to troops.

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· Feb 26, 2018 · 09:42 am

Pennsylvania sets February 23 as execution date of first death row prisoner of Indian origin in US

However, Raghunandan Yandamuri may not be killed as there is a moratorium on the death penalty in the state.

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· Jan 12, 2018 · 11:12 am

Death by hanging most viable method of execution, Centre tells Supreme Court

The government said giving convicts on a death row lethal injections was ‘not workable’.

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· Jan 10, 2018 · 07:33 am

New study: Former top judges acknowledge crisis in criminal justice system, yet back death penalty

A fascinating new study involving 60 former Supreme Court judges brings out the problem of arbitrariness in awarding capital punishment.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Dec 08, 2017 · 10:30 am