death penalty

The capital punishment debate took a new turn when the Supreme Court said that it will rationalise the sentencing process. What ails the judgment process? Why is the death sentence a dilemma for the judges?

The Allahabad High Court has acquitted all the convicts in a Mathura triple murder case including one who had been awarded the death penalty. The Court expressed anguish with the "shoddy" manner in which the investigation was done.

The court said that death puts an end to the concept of repentance and it cannot be said that the accused deserved only the death penalty.

For those advocating against capital punishment, yet another state in the US has joined the list to abolish the death penalty.

The Court pronounced its verdict in the petition filed by one Hari Om @ Hero who had challenged his conviction and sentence of death which was affirmed by the High Court.

Gujarat High Court lawyer Yatin Oza might still have a chance of getting his Senior Advocate cloak back. The Supreme Court yesterday observed that depriving a lawyer of his senior tag is like a “death penalty.”

The Madras High Court on Monday observed that the death sentence should be given to corrupt government officials.

The Patna High Court has set aside the order of a trial court, acquitting a man who was sentenced to death for alleged gang rape and murder.

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by a father seeking enhancement of life imprisonment to the death penalty of the convict who kidnapped & murdered his son.

The Supreme Court today (July 16) has issued notice on a petition seeking guidelines for disposal of clemency/mercy petitions and exhaustion of legal remedies by death-row- convicts and execution of sentence, in a time bound manner, for cases in which death penalty have been awarded.