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Death Penalty For 5 For Murdering Chittoor Mayor, Husband In 2015
Katari Anuradha and her husband, Katari Mohan, were murdered inside the Chittoor Municipal Corporation office in November 2015.
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In Doctor Suicide Case, Father's Death Penalty Appeal To Devendra Fadnavis
The father of the 26-year-old doctor who died by suicide in Maharashtra's Satara has sought the death penalty for the culprits responsible for her daughter's death.
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Bangladesh Seeks Death Penalty For Sheikh Hasina Over Protest Deaths
A prosecutor in a special domestic tribunal in Bangladesh sought the death penalty Thursday for ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a case involving charges of crimes against humanity in a mass uprising last year that forced her to leave.
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As India Sticks To Death By Hanging, A Look At Execution Methods Across The World
The Supreme Court is listening to a proposal to give convicts on death row an option of choosing lethal injection as an alternative to death by hanging as a mode of execution.
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Number Of Executions In US This Year Could Be Highest Since 2012
Thirty-five men have died by court-ordered executions in the US so far this year, including one early Friday, with seven others scheduled to be put to death later this month.
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Plea Seeks Removal Of Afzal Guru, Maqbool Bhatt's Graves From Tihar Jail Premises
A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to remove the graves of terrorists Mohammad Afzal Guru and Mohammad Maqbool Bhatt, who were awarded death penalty and executed in Tihar jail.
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Charlie Kirk "Violently Killed" Because He Spoke For Freedom, Justice: Trump
US President Donald Trump on Sunday called slain right-wing activist Charlie Kirk "a giant of his generation" at a massive memorial event marked by strong Christian rhetoric and praise for the man many speakers referred to as a "martyr."
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Charlie Kirk Killing Suspect Charged With Aggravated Murder, Faces Death Penalty
Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old Utah man accused of assassinating activist Charlie Kirk, was charged on Tuesday with aggravated murder, a prosecutor announced, saying Robinson left behind his DNA on the trigger of the rifle that fired the fatal shot.
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North Korea Executes People For Sharing Foreign Films, TV Series: UN Report
North Korea has executed people for distributing foreign media, including television shows like popular South Korean dramas, as part of an intensifying crackdown on personal freedoms, a U.N. human rights report said on Friday.
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Trump Seeks Death Penalty For 'Animal' Who Killed Ukrainian Refugee
President Donald Trump demanded the death penalty Wednesday for a man charged with murdering a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina train -- a crime the US right has turned into a political rallying point.
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Honeymoon Murder Case: Raja Raghuvanshi's Family Seeks Death Penalty For His Accused Wife Sonam
A day after the Meghalaya police filed a chargesheet in Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi's murder, his family members on Saturday demanded death penalty for his wife Sonam, the prime accused in the case, and four others.
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Rajasthan Man Pours Acid On Wife Due To Her Dark Complexion, Gets Death Penalty
He would harass her over "dark complexion" and her weight. And would keep fighting with her over the same thing again and again.
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"Might Be Worse": Iran Executed Over 800 People In 2025, Says UN
More than 800 people have been executed in Iran since the start of the year, the UN said Friday, decrying "a systematic pattern of using the death penalty as a tool of state intimidation".
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Trump To Seek Death Penalty For Murders In US Capital
The US government will start seeking the death penalty in Washington, DC, homicide cases, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.
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Supreme Court Overturns Own Death Penalty Order For Rape-Murder Convict
The Supreme Court has said that it can revisit its own verdict of a death sentence if it is convinced that the accused has been condemned to the death penalty without ensuring that the guidelines mandated by the top court were followed.
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Death Penalty For 5 For Murdering Chittoor Mayor, Husband In 2015
Katari Anuradha and her husband, Katari Mohan, were murdered inside the Chittoor Municipal Corporation office in November 2015.
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In Doctor Suicide Case, Father's Death Penalty Appeal To Devendra Fadnavis
The father of the 26-year-old doctor who died by suicide in Maharashtra's Satara has sought the death penalty for the culprits responsible for her daughter's death.
-
Bangladesh Seeks Death Penalty For Sheikh Hasina Over Protest Deaths
A prosecutor in a special domestic tribunal in Bangladesh sought the death penalty Thursday for ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a case involving charges of crimes against humanity in a mass uprising last year that forced her to leave.
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As India Sticks To Death By Hanging, A Look At Execution Methods Across The World
The Supreme Court is listening to a proposal to give convicts on death row an option of choosing lethal injection as an alternative to death by hanging as a mode of execution.
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Number Of Executions In US This Year Could Be Highest Since 2012
Thirty-five men have died by court-ordered executions in the US so far this year, including one early Friday, with seven others scheduled to be put to death later this month.
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Plea Seeks Removal Of Afzal Guru, Maqbool Bhatt's Graves From Tihar Jail Premises
A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to remove the graves of terrorists Mohammad Afzal Guru and Mohammad Maqbool Bhatt, who were awarded death penalty and executed in Tihar jail.
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Charlie Kirk "Violently Killed" Because He Spoke For Freedom, Justice: Trump
US President Donald Trump on Sunday called slain right-wing activist Charlie Kirk "a giant of his generation" at a massive memorial event marked by strong Christian rhetoric and praise for the man many speakers referred to as a "martyr."
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Charlie Kirk Killing Suspect Charged With Aggravated Murder, Faces Death Penalty
Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old Utah man accused of assassinating activist Charlie Kirk, was charged on Tuesday with aggravated murder, a prosecutor announced, saying Robinson left behind his DNA on the trigger of the rifle that fired the fatal shot.
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North Korea Executes People For Sharing Foreign Films, TV Series: UN Report
North Korea has executed people for distributing foreign media, including television shows like popular South Korean dramas, as part of an intensifying crackdown on personal freedoms, a U.N. human rights report said on Friday.
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Trump Seeks Death Penalty For 'Animal' Who Killed Ukrainian Refugee
President Donald Trump demanded the death penalty Wednesday for a man charged with murdering a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina train -- a crime the US right has turned into a political rallying point.
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Honeymoon Murder Case: Raja Raghuvanshi's Family Seeks Death Penalty For His Accused Wife Sonam
A day after the Meghalaya police filed a chargesheet in Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi's murder, his family members on Saturday demanded death penalty for his wife Sonam, the prime accused in the case, and four others.
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Rajasthan Man Pours Acid On Wife Due To Her Dark Complexion, Gets Death Penalty
He would harass her over "dark complexion" and her weight. And would keep fighting with her over the same thing again and again.
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"Might Be Worse": Iran Executed Over 800 People In 2025, Says UN
More than 800 people have been executed in Iran since the start of the year, the UN said Friday, decrying "a systematic pattern of using the death penalty as a tool of state intimidation".
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Trump To Seek Death Penalty For Murders In US Capital
The US government will start seeking the death penalty in Washington, DC, homicide cases, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.
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Supreme Court Overturns Own Death Penalty Order For Rape-Murder Convict
The Supreme Court has said that it can revisit its own verdict of a death sentence if it is convinced that the accused has been condemned to the death penalty without ensuring that the guidelines mandated by the top court were followed.
