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Supreme Court To Examine Whether Writ Petition Can Be Filed Against Death Penalty Confirmed By It
The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would examine whether a writ petition could seek the review of its confirmation of death penalty in light of the 2022 verdict asking mitigating circumstances in such cases to be factored in.
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Kim Kardashian Sued For Defamation After Death Row Mix-Up
The complainant, Ivan A Cantu, filed the lawsuit in LA, claiming that Kim Kardashian's post had caused him severe emotional distress.
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Man Serving Death Sentence For Raping, Murdering Minor Kills Self In Pune Jail
A convict serving death sentence in a 2016 case of rape and murder of a minor girl at Kopardi in Maharashtra was found hanging in his cell at the Yerwada Central Jail in Pune on Sunday morning, police said.
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Under New Law, Death Row Convict Can't Appeal Against President's Decision
A death-row convict whose mercy petition has been disposed of by the president will have no right to appeal in a court against the decision when the new Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill (BNSS), 2023 becomes law.
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Supreme Court Relief For Man Facing Death Penalty In Rape And Murder Case
The Supreme Court has quashed the conviction and death penalty awarded to a man for the alleged rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in 2010.
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Supreme Court Relief For Man Facing Death Penalty In Rape And Murder Case
The Supreme Court has quashed the conviction and death penalty awarded to a man for the alleged rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in 2010.
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Considering Panel To Examine Execution By Hanging: Centre To Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday was apprised by the Centre that it was considering setting up a committee of experts to examine the prevalent mode of execution of death row convicts by hanging in the country.
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Death Row Convict Freed After 28 Years As He Was Juvenile At Time Of Crime
Twenty-eight years after the murder, Supreme Court on Monday ordered the release of a death row convict after finding he was a minor at the time of the crime.
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Supreme Court To Review Verdict Acquitting 3 In Delhi Rape Case
The Supreme Court is likely to consider on Thursday as many as five petitions seeking review of its verdict acquitting three death row convicts in the gangrape and murder case of a 19-year-old girl in Chhawla area in New Delhi in 2012.
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Man On Death Row For Killing Mother Allowed To Attend Daughter's Wedding
The Bombay High Court on Monday permitted a man sentenced to death for killing and eviscerating his mother in an inebriated state with an intention to eat her to attend his daughter's wedding for three days.
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Death Penalty Of Man Who Raped, Murdered Minor Suspended By Supreme Court
In a relief to a death row convict, the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of a watchman who was convicted for killing a minor girl after sexually assaulting her in Maharashtra's Thane district in 2013.
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413 Death Row Convicts In Jails Across Country Till 2020: Centre's Data
As many as 413 prisoners, who have been awarded death sentence, were lodged in jails across the country till the end of 2020, according to a new central government data.
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12-Year-Old Son Of Death Row Convict Shabnam Ali Asks President For Mercy
A prison in Uttar Pradesh is preparing for what could be the first-ever hanging of a woman convict in independent India. Shabnam Ali was sentenced to death for killing seven members of her family, including a baby, in 2008.
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Nirbhaya Rape Convicts' Last-Minute Petition Against Hanging Dismissed
The 5.30 am execution inching closer, three of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case had approached the Delhi High Court for a last minute reprieve, but drew a blank.
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Delhi Court Pulls Up Nirbhaya Convicts' Lawyer Over "Last Hour Approach"
A Delhi court on Wednesday came down heavily on the lawyer representing the death-row convicts in Nirbhaya rape case, asking him why he always approaches court at the last hour.
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Supreme Court To Examine Whether Writ Petition Can Be Filed Against Death Penalty Confirmed By It
The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would examine whether a writ petition could seek the review of its confirmation of death penalty in light of the 2022 verdict asking mitigating circumstances in such cases to be factored in.
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Kim Kardashian Sued For Defamation After Death Row Mix-Up
The complainant, Ivan A Cantu, filed the lawsuit in LA, claiming that Kim Kardashian's post had caused him severe emotional distress.
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Man Serving Death Sentence For Raping, Murdering Minor Kills Self In Pune Jail
A convict serving death sentence in a 2016 case of rape and murder of a minor girl at Kopardi in Maharashtra was found hanging in his cell at the Yerwada Central Jail in Pune on Sunday morning, police said.
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Under New Law, Death Row Convict Can't Appeal Against President's Decision
A death-row convict whose mercy petition has been disposed of by the president will have no right to appeal in a court against the decision when the new Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill (BNSS), 2023 becomes law.
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Supreme Court Relief For Man Facing Death Penalty In Rape And Murder Case
The Supreme Court has quashed the conviction and death penalty awarded to a man for the alleged rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in 2010.
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Supreme Court Relief For Man Facing Death Penalty In Rape And Murder Case
The Supreme Court has quashed the conviction and death penalty awarded to a man for the alleged rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in 2010.
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Considering Panel To Examine Execution By Hanging: Centre To Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday was apprised by the Centre that it was considering setting up a committee of experts to examine the prevalent mode of execution of death row convicts by hanging in the country.
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Death Row Convict Freed After 28 Years As He Was Juvenile At Time Of Crime
Twenty-eight years after the murder, Supreme Court on Monday ordered the release of a death row convict after finding he was a minor at the time of the crime.
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Supreme Court To Review Verdict Acquitting 3 In Delhi Rape Case
The Supreme Court is likely to consider on Thursday as many as five petitions seeking review of its verdict acquitting three death row convicts in the gangrape and murder case of a 19-year-old girl in Chhawla area in New Delhi in 2012.
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Man On Death Row For Killing Mother Allowed To Attend Daughter's Wedding
The Bombay High Court on Monday permitted a man sentenced to death for killing and eviscerating his mother in an inebriated state with an intention to eat her to attend his daughter's wedding for three days.
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Death Penalty Of Man Who Raped, Murdered Minor Suspended By Supreme Court
In a relief to a death row convict, the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of a watchman who was convicted for killing a minor girl after sexually assaulting her in Maharashtra's Thane district in 2013.
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413 Death Row Convicts In Jails Across Country Till 2020: Centre's Data
As many as 413 prisoners, who have been awarded death sentence, were lodged in jails across the country till the end of 2020, according to a new central government data.
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12-Year-Old Son Of Death Row Convict Shabnam Ali Asks President For Mercy
A prison in Uttar Pradesh is preparing for what could be the first-ever hanging of a woman convict in independent India. Shabnam Ali was sentenced to death for killing seven members of her family, including a baby, in 2008.
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Nirbhaya Rape Convicts' Last-Minute Petition Against Hanging Dismissed
The 5.30 am execution inching closer, three of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case had approached the Delhi High Court for a last minute reprieve, but drew a blank.
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Delhi Court Pulls Up Nirbhaya Convicts' Lawyer Over "Last Hour Approach"
A Delhi court on Wednesday came down heavily on the lawyer representing the death-row convicts in Nirbhaya rape case, asking him why he always approaches court at the last hour.
