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Capital punishment News
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A local court here on Wednesday awarded capital punishment to a man under the POCSO Act
He had raped and killed his two-and-a-half-year-old niece
On September 16, 2018, the man lured the little girl and took her with him to a paddy farm
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A third standard Dalit student was thrashed to death by his school teacher
He was punished for touching a water container in school
The boy died during treatment on Saturday afternoon
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73 convicts were Saudi citizens, 7 were Yemeni and one was Syrian
It is Saudi's highest number of recorded executions
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In a major development, a Delhi court on Tuesday (January 7) issued the death warrant against all four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. The court ordered that all four convicts should be hanged at 7 am on January 22 at the Tihar jail.
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"Congress has expressly authorized the death penalty through legislation adopted by the people’s representatives in both houses of Congress and signed by the President," Attorney General William Barr said in a statement.
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The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved an ordinance to provide stringent punishment, including the death penalty, for those convicted of rape of girls below 12 years.
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The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved an ordinance to provide stringent punishment, including death penalty, for those convicted of rape of girls below 12 years.
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A Private Member Bill seeking abolition of the capital punishment was among 45 such legislations introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday.
The United States also opposed the resolution, saying that capital punishment was legal under international law and dealing with it was a domestic matter.
Capital punishment was abolished in Turkey in 2004 as the nation sought accession to the European Union.
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Executions are rare in India and death sentences are awarded only in cases of rarest of rare crimes.
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Indonesia on Thursday executed four drug convicts, three of them foreigners, by firing squad, an official said, pushing on with a campaign of capital punishment that has sparked a storm of global anger.
Malaysia may amend the death sentence mandatory for 12 criminal offences after government-backed studies showed that the capital punishment had not led to the desired effects.
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The Gulberg massacre took place a day after a coach of the Sabarmati Express train was set on fire near Godhra, in which 58 people were burnt alive.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said with around 300 persons on the death row, we must ponder whether the capital punishment should be retained, and if yes, must determine a timeframe for its execution.
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Calling for a state wide implementation of the High Court order banning sale of beef in Jammu and Kashmir, a BJP MLA on Friday moved a resolution in the legislative assembly demanding capital punishment for those found slaughtering the bovine animal in the state.
UN human rights experts have welcomed recommendations made by India's Law Commission to abolish death penalty with the exception of terror offences and called on Indian authorities to move towards the complete abolition of capital punishment.
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