Death Penalty

A court in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar on Friday sentenced a 24-year-old man to death for killing an underage girl after raping her over two years ago, the prosecution said.

The court in Andhra Pradesh on Monday served death penalty to 12 convicts of the highway murders cases of 2008-09, including the gang leader Munna.

Virginia on Wednesday became the first southern US state to abolish the death penalty.

Soon after the Delhi Court's verdict that awarded death penalty to the 2008 Batla House encounter convict, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday demanded an apology from the top opposition leaders of the country who had questioned the police action in connection with the case.

Maya Sharma, wife of a Delhi Police inspector who was killed in the Batla House encounter, heaved a sigh of relief following her "13-year-old struggle of wait and watch" after a Delhi Court awarded death penalty to the accused on Monday.

The Punjab government on Monday decided to amend its excise act, introducing the death penalty in cases where people die after consuming illicit liquor.

The Centre Friday told the Supreme Court that President Ram Nath Kovind is seized of the matter pertaining to Balwant S Rajoana's plea seeking commutation of the death penalty awarded to him in former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's assassination case, and a decision will be taken on it.

The US government was set to carry out the 13th and final federal execution under President Donald Trump's administration on Friday evening, just five days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office with a promise to try to end the death penalty.

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a stay on convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery's execution by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, clearing the way for application of the death penalty for the only woman on federal death row in the United States, who doctors say is brain-damaged and mentally ill.

Stage 9 of the 2021 Dakar Rally coincided with departed Hero rider Paulo Goncalves' first death anniversary and saw the emotional team finish strongly in one of the toughest days of the rally.

The Supreme Court Friday asked the centre to take a decision before January 26 on Balwant S Rajoana's plea seeking commutation of death penalty in former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh's assassination case.

The United States executed convicted felon Brandon Bernard on Thursday, despite objections by some of the jurors in his trial who pleaded with the Trump administration to show mercy, the federal Bureau of Prisons said.

In a bid to curb heinous crimes against women and children in Maharashtra, the state cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft bill that has provisions for stern punishment, including the death penalty, life sentence, and hefty fines, for the perpetrators, and also speedy trial.

A court here awarded death penalty to a man in connection with the rape and murder of a one-and-a-half-year-old girl in 2014.

A Malaysian man of Indian origin escaped the gallows for a second time on Monday after a court in Singapore found him guilty of a reduced charge of attempted drug importation, setting aside another court ruling of death sentence.

A court in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar on Friday sentenced a 24-year-old man to death for killing an underage girl after raping her over two years ago, the prosecution said.

The court in Andhra Pradesh on Monday served death penalty to 12 convicts of the highway murders cases of 2008-09, including the gang leader Munna.

Virginia on Wednesday became the first southern US state to abolish the death penalty.

Soon after the Delhi Court's verdict that awarded death penalty to the 2008 Batla House encounter convict, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday demanded an apology from the top opposition leaders of the country who had questioned the police action in connection with the case.

Maya Sharma, wife of a Delhi Police inspector who was killed in the Batla House encounter, heaved a sigh of relief following her "13-year-old struggle of wait and watch" after a Delhi Court awarded death penalty to the accused on Monday.

The Punjab government on Monday decided to amend its excise act, introducing the death penalty in cases where people die after consuming illicit liquor.

The Centre Friday told the Supreme Court that President Ram Nath Kovind is seized of the matter pertaining to Balwant S Rajoana's plea seeking commutation of the death penalty awarded to him in former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's assassination case, and a decision will be taken on it.

The US government was set to carry out the 13th and final federal execution under President Donald Trump's administration on Friday evening, just five days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office with a promise to try to end the death penalty.

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a stay on convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery's execution by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, clearing the way for application of the death penalty for the only woman on federal death row in the United States, who doctors say is brain-damaged and mentally ill.

Stage 9 of the 2021 Dakar Rally coincided with departed Hero rider Paulo Goncalves' first death anniversary and saw the emotional team finish strongly in one of the toughest days of the rally.

The Supreme Court Friday asked the centre to take a decision before January 26 on Balwant S Rajoana's plea seeking commutation of death penalty in former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh's assassination case.

The United States executed convicted felon Brandon Bernard on Thursday, despite objections by some of the jurors in his trial who pleaded with the Trump administration to show mercy, the federal Bureau of Prisons said.

In a bid to curb heinous crimes against women and children in Maharashtra, the state cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft bill that has provisions for stern punishment, including the death penalty, life sentence, and hefty fines, for the perpetrators, and also speedy trial.

A court here awarded death penalty to a man in connection with the rape and murder of a one-and-a-half-year-old girl in 2014.

A Malaysian man of Indian origin escaped the gallows for a second time on Monday after a court in Singapore found him guilty of a reduced charge of attempted drug importation, setting aside another court ruling of death sentence.