Death Sentence

Jury Recommends Death Sentence For 'Hollywood Ripper'

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday October 19, 2019

A jury in California recommended the death sentence on Friday for a man dubbed the "Hollywood Ripper" who was earlier found guilty in the gruesome killings of two women at their homes.

Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence Of Man Who Raped, Murdered 2-Year-Old Girl

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 3, 2019

The Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed the death sentence of a man for raping and murdering a two-year-old girl in 2012 saying he had no control over his "carnal desires" and surpassed all natural, social and legal limits just to satiate his sexual hunger.

Death Sentence For Assam Man Who Dumped Bodies Of 2 Women In Train Toilet

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 3, 2019

A sessions court on Thursday awarded death sentence to Bikash Das for raping two women before murdering them and dumping their bodies in train toilets last year.

Beant Singh's Family To Approach Top Court For Terrorist's Death Sentence

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 1, 2019

The family of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, who was killed by a terrorist, will challenge in the Supreme Court the centre's decision to commute Balwant Singh Rajoana's death sentence, the leader's grandson said on Tuesday.

Personally Against Death Penalty, Says Amarinder Singh On Balwant Rajoana

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 1, 2019

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday differed from a party MP's stand on the commutation of terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana's death sentence, saying he is against capital punishment. Ludhiana Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu, who is the grandson of former chief minister Beant Singh, who was killed, has questioned the centre's move, saying...

Man Gets Death Sentence For Raping, Killing Girl In Madhya Pradesh

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 30, 2019

A special court in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha on Monday sentenced a man to death for raping and killing a seven-year-old girl.

Death Penalty Cases Should Be Commuted To Life In Jail: Amarinder Singh

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 30, 2019

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today said that all cases of death penalty should be commuted to life imprisonment. His comments come after the Home Ministry decided to commute the death sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was convicted for the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, to life imprisonment.

Death Sentence Of Convict In Beant Singh's Killing Commuted To Life Term

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 30, 2019

The Home Ministry has decided to commute the death sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was convicted for the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, to life imprisonment, officials said on Sunday.

Telangana Man Sentenced To Death 2 Months After Raping, Killing Minor

Telangana News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 8, 2019

In one of the fastest trials, a court in Telangana on Thursday awarded death sentence to a 27-year-old man for raping and killing a nine-month-old girl in Warangal in June this year.

Assam Student's Boyfriend Gets Death Sentence 2 Years After Her Murder

Guwahati News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Shyaja Varma | Sunday August 4, 2019

Almost two years after a college student was murdered in Assam's Guwahati, her boyfriend was sentenced to death by a fast-track court in the city.

Man Awarded Death Penalty, Wife Gets Life Imprisonment In Murder Case

Cities | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 1, 2019

A court in Rajasthan's Kota has awarded death sentence to a man and life imprisonment to his wife in a five-year-old robbery and murder case in Kota.

Man Sentenced To Death For Raping Girl, 10, Killing Her Younger Brother

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 1, 2019

The Supreme Court sentenced a man to death on Thursday for "horribly" gang raping a 10-year-old girl along with a co-accused and killing her and her 7-year-old brother by throwing them in a canal with their hands tied at Coimbatore in 2010.

India To Evaluate Pak Offer Of Consular Access To Kulbhushan Jadhav

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Thursday August 1, 2019

India will review Pakistan's offer of allowing consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav, after Islamabad said the country's officials can meet the jailed Indian national tomorrow, following a setback in the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Don't Use 303 To Give Death Sentence To Spirit Of RTI: Karti Chidambaram

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 23, 2019

Demanding withdrawal of a bill proposing changes in the RTI Act, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Monday took a swipe at the government in the Lok Sabha, saying it should not use its "303 to massacre the spirit" of the transparency law.

First Murder Conviction Overturned Using DNA, Family Tree Evidence In US

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday July 18, 2019

An American man was exonerated Wednesday for a decades-old murder he did not commit, using evidence based on DNA and a genetic family tree, the first such result using a revolutionary investigative technique.