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Mehbooba Mufti moots death penalty for raping minor
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Apr. 13 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday announced that the state government will bring a new law to make the death penalty mandatory for those who rape minors.
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Maliwal to go on indefinite hunger strike seeking death penalty for child
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 12 (ANI): Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal will sit on an indefinite hunger strike from Friday at the Rajghat to demand for swift capital punishment for child rapists.
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Haryana passes bill to award death penalty for raping minors
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Haryana (Punjab) [India], Mar. 15 (ANI): The Haryana Assembly on Thursday passed a bill seeking to give capital punishment to those found guilty of raping girls aged 12 years or below.
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Oklahoma death penalty: state to use nitrogen gas for executions
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington DC [United States] March 15 (ANI): The officials of the US State Oklahoma have announced to use nitrogen gas as a preferred method of execution, when it resumes using the death penalty, making it the first US state to do so.
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Prosecutors to seek death penalty in Florida shooting
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Mar 14 (ANI): Prosecutors are seeking a death sentence for Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old charged with the shooting rampage at a Parkland high school last month.
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Opioid Summit: Trump advocates death penalty for drug dealers
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 2 (ANI): US president Donald Trump on Thursday advocated death penalty for the drug dealers at the Opioid Summit conducted at White House.
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Rudraksh kidnap, murder case: Mastermind gets death penalty
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kota (Rajasthan) [India], Feb. 27 (ANI): A court in Kota handed death sentence to Ankur Padia, the mastermind in Rudraksh abduction and murder case, on Monday.
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Rajasthan mulls death penalty for child rapists
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Feb 20 (ANI): The Rajasthan government will soon table a bill in the state assembly seeking death penalty for those convicted of raping minors.
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8-month-old rape case: Centre not in favor of death penalty
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The Central government on Thursday submitted a report before the Supreme Court, saying that the 'Union of India' did not favor death penalty in connection with the rape of an eight-month-old girl by her cousin.
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Satyagraha over death penalty for child rapists
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Two days after the horrific rape of an 8-month-old baby in the National Capital, the Delhi Commission of Women (DCW) has launched a Satyagraha - non-violent protest - to urge the Centre and the State to address the issue of rising rapes of children.
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Pak SC suspends death penalty of three hardcore terrorists
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan.22 (ANI): Pakistan's Supreme Court has suspended the death penalty on three hardcore terrorists.
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Jigisha murder case: Death sentence of 2 commuted to life
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 4 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday commuted the death penalty awarded to two convicts in the 2009 murder case of IT executive Jigisha Ghosh.
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