Tag: Death Penalty

Inordinate delay in considering Mercy petitions cause agony and psychological stress for the Convict: Supreme Court

A 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising of justices Abhay S Oka, Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Augistine George Masih pronounced its judgement in the case of State of Maharashtra...

Death Penalty for Rape: Karnataka HC

Observing that an attack on anybody’s daughter is an attack on ‘our own daughter’, the division bench made this suggestion keeping in mind the issue of women’s safety, to curb this menace in the society, as rape is a ‘crime against the entire society’ and not just the victim.

Death Penalty In POCSO Act Imperils Child Victims Of Sexual Offences

New Delhi: Amendment bills should fix loopholes in the...

“The law is not mathematics, where two and two make four”

Extracts from Demons and Demigods: Death Penalty in IndiaThe...

In Breach of Human Rights, Netanyahu Supports the Death Penalty against Palestinians

Right-wing Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is escalating his...

Death Penalty undermines Human Dignity: Teesta Setalvad

This International Day against Death Penalty, we solemnly reaffirm...

World Day Against Death Penalty: India needs to abolish capital punishment

In India, delays in judicial processes and trial, long...

Can you be Christian and support the death penalty?

Pope Francis has declared the death penalty “inadmissible.” This...

Death For Child Rape? 371 Indians On Death Row, Only 4 Executed In 13 Years

Mumbai: On April 21, 2018, the Indian government passed...

Is Death Penalty a Solution?

Vrinda Grover spoke on why this is a wrong...

People keep voting in support of the death penalty. So how can we end it?

Ending the death penalty in the United States won’t...

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