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DEATH PENALTY NEWS
Supreme Court bins plea to replace death by hanging with lethal injection
August 19, 2026 4:26 am
The Supreme Court, however, said the Centre can undertake a comprehensive review of the existing method of carrying out the death penalty if necessary.
‘Single gunshot injury’: Allahabad High Court spares cop’s killer from death penalty
August 17, 2026 1:35 pm
In 2014, a police team had gone to arrest the accused in a criminal case when he allegedly pulled out a pistol and fired at the inspector. The officer succumbed to the injury in a hospital.
‘Law must possess spine of steel’: Madras High Court confirms death penalty for minors' rape
July 01, 2026 3:13 pm
The Madras High Court has confirmed the death penalty for a man, terming it ‘rarest of rare’ and upholding conviction for brutal assault on three minors.
Death Penalty on the decline in Southeast Asia
February 19, 2026 12:29 am
From Vietnam to Malaysia and Indonesia, Southeast Asian governments are narrowing the use of the death penalty and edging, often cautiously, toward abolition.
‘Reformation not considered’: Gujarat High Court commutes capital punishment of rape convict to life term
December 16, 2025 12:26 pm
While considering the jail report, the high court noted that the convict’s conduct in the jail is good, and held that the trial court did not undertake any such exercise to verify the aspect leading towards reformative measures.
Jharkhand High Court commutes death penalty, cites ‘judgment of acquittal’ in division bench’s split decision
December 10, 2025 9:33 am
Justice Rangon Mukhopadhyay ruling, Death penalty negated case: Previously, Justice Rangon Mukhopadhyay opined that the charge against the appellants had not been proved beyond the shadow of all reasonable doubt, whereas Justice Sanjay Prasad held appellants guilty of the offences charged and confirmed the death sentence.
8 executions in October: Why the death penalty is being used more in the US this year
November 27, 2025 9:38 am
The increase in executions is largely being driven by four states, Florida, Texas, Alabama and South Carolina, that have carried out 76 per cent of this year's court-ordered killings.
Capital punishment highest in murder cases, sexual violence next: Death penalty lawyer Shreya Rastogi
November 21, 2025 9:35 pm
Rastogi says the grounds for commuting a death penalty to life imprisonment includes a jail conduct report, a psychological evaluation, and a probation officer's report.
CRPF camp terror attack: 17 years on, Allahabad HC sets aside death sentence for 4, acquits 5 of key charges
October 30, 2025 12:37 pm
The Sessions Court had acquitted two others, Gulab Khan (41) and Mohammad Kausar (48), in the case citing lack of sufficient evidence. The police had claimed to have recovered arms and ammunition from those arrested.
After death row acquittal, why are three men seeking compensation in Supreme Court
October 29, 2025 2:54 pm
Wrongful Conviction Case, Supreme Court Compensation Petition: The Supreme Court acquitted three men on death row this year. They have now moved the top court seeking compensation for the trauma suffered and the time lost due to their wrongful incarceration.
DEATH PENALTY VIDEOS
From condemning rape to promising Triple Talaq Bill, Narendra Modi makes a pitch to women voters in I-day speech
June 22, 2020 6:19 pm
From Red Fort, Narendra Modi pitches to women voters; condemns rape, promises permanent commission for women and triple talaq bill. See more: https://bit.ly/2M2t86i
Plenty of evidence to show death penalty for child rapists is no deterrent
June 22, 2020 6:25 pm
The government's proposal to modify the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act or POCSO Act and ensure death penalty for child rapists has many problems. Shalini Nair reports.
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