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  • Under New Law, Madhya Pradesh Has Sentenced 26 Rapists to Death

    30 May, by Abolish Death Penalty India
    Rashme Sehgal21/MAY/2019 Activists are concerned that the swiftness with which judgments are delivered might mean the accused – who usually come from poor socio-economic backgrounds – are not receiving a fair trial. In February 2018, Madhya Pradesh passed a law to allow sentencing those convicted (...)

  • Man Given Death Sentence For Killing Differently-Abled Younger Brother (Rajasthan)

    30 May, by Abolish Death Penalty India
    All India | Press Trust of India | Updated: May 28, 2019 12:34 IST (Jaipur) Ram Prasad Sahu, who had earlier served jail term in another case, was held guilty under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for brutally killing his younger brother, Moti, in front of a huge mob on February 23, 2017. (...)

  • HC commutes death sentence in rape-murder case (Madhya Pradesh)

    30 May, by Abolish Death Penalty India
    22 MAY 2019 Last Updated at 8:42 PM | SOURCE: PTI The Madhya Pradesh High Court has commuted the death sentence of a man convicted for the rape and murder of his daughter to life imprisonment. A division bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and Anjuli Palo passed the order on Tuesday. A trial court (...)

  • Death sentence to child rapist; 7-yr RI to kin for destroying evidence in Nashik (Maharashtra)

    30 May, by Abolish Death Penalty India
    Nashik, May 16, 2019 (UNI) A local court here has awarded death sentence to a 30-year-old man on charges of raping and murdering a six-year-old girl. The court also sentenced three members of the accused's family to seven years Rigorous Imprisonment(RI) each for destroying the evidence. In (...)

  • Man gets death sentence for killing couple by pouring acid on them (Maharashtra)

    30 May, by Abolish Death Penalty India
    09 MAY 2019 Last Updated at 11:36 PM | SOURCE: PTI A 28-year-old man was Thursday awarded death sentence by the district court here for killing a married couple by pouring acid on them. District and Sessions Judge R N Majgaonkar also ordered compensation in accordance to a Maharashtra (...)

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