Death Penalty

Chhattisgarh High Court commutes death sentence of man who killed parents over 'ideological differences'
Madras High Court commutes death penalty of father who raped daughter; orders doctors not to perform ‘two-finger test’
Aluva child rape and murder: Kerala court says convict a paedophile, was accused in child abuse case in Delhi
Supreme Court says prior conviction cannot be sole ground to impose death penalty; commutes murder convict's sentence
World Psychiatric Association recommends abolishing death penalty for mentally ill, those with development disabilities
Supreme Court slams Patna High Court for confirming death penalty to rape and murder accused despite contradictions in witness statements
Supreme Court lays down 11 factors to decide on weightage of dying declaration
Supreme Court acquits death-row prisoner accused of murdering his son, two brothers
Mob lynching punishable by death, life in jail or seven years in jail in new law which seeks to replace IPC
Chhattisgarh High Court commutes death sentence of rape convict to life imprisonment
Delhi High Court commutes death sentence of man convicted for kidnapping, murder of 12-year-old neighbour
Haryana court sentences two men to death for gang rape and murder of disabled minor girl
Can’t compare Yasin Malik with Bin Laden as latter never stood trial: Delhi High Court while issuing notice on NIA plea for death penalty
Forming committee to decide if death penalty by hanging is most suitable, painless method: Central government to Supreme Court
"Not a person with criminal mindset": Supreme Court commutes death penalty of man convicted for murdering sister and her lover
Freedom to me is what the most precious material to the world is: Death row prisoner on release after 28 years in jail
Decide Mercy pleas at the earliest; death row convicts taking advantage of delay: Supreme Court in Seema Gavit, Renuka Shinde case
Not shown that convict was beyond reformation, rehabilitation: Calcutta High Court commutes death penalty for double murder
Lack of criminal antecedents of convict not sole criterion to decide whether case is 'rarest of rare': Supreme Court
Chhawla rape and murder: Supreme Court dismisses review petitions challenging acquittal of death row convicts
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