With his sentence, a total of 32 accused in the case have been awarded life imprisonment and 11 convicts were given death penalty. Sixty-three accused have been acquitted in the case by the special investigation team (SIT) court while accepting the conspiracy... read more

The incident dates back to February 1, 2015, when the 27-year-old victim, who used to live with her elder sister on the outskirts of Rohtak town, was waylaid by the convicts, who later gangraped and murdered her. read more

This week’s good reads include a book on Elections 2019, another that’s a plea against capital punishment, and a volume on how we are becoming vulnerable to digital platforms read more

Newsom was convinced by statistics suggesting that perhaps dozens of the 737 inmates on the state’s death row were innocent. The state has not held an execution since 2006 but appeared to be moving towards resuming them. read more

A murder conviction carries a mandatory death penalty in Malaysia. read more

The counsel for the convicts, advocate AP Singh, informed the court that a curative petition might be filed by the convicts challenging the capital punishment upheld by the Supreme Court. read more

The CBI court in Ghaziabad had, on Friday, found him guilty of murder, attempted rape, abduction and destruction of evidence. It also said that the murder was one of the “rarest of rare” cases, qualifying it for the death penalty. read more

Koli is accused of having lured 16 children and women into the house of his employer Moninder Singh Pandher in Noida Sector 31. read more

The event was organised by forum for medical ethics society, centre for mental health and policy and was held at ILS Law college read more

M Krishnan (34) allegedly killed Mallika Begum Rahamansa Abdul Rahman (40) in an apartment in Woodlands late on Wednesday night. Police said the two were understood to be in a relationship. Both had frequent quarrels, say reports. read more

The first case to be taken up will be the Shakti Mills gang rape of a photo journalist in 2013. The conviction of the trio, Vijay Jadhav, Salim Ansari and Kasim Shaikh, were based on the new law which stipulated the death penalty for convicts of multiple... read more

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested the child pornographer, Imdad Ali, from Lahore’s low-income area Badami Bagh area last week and obtained his five-day physical remand for interrogation. read more

With an “intent to murder”, 21-year-old Kazuhiro Kusakabe drove a small vehicle into Takeshita Street in Tokyo’s fashion district of Harajuku at 10 minutes past midnight, a police spokesman told AFP. read more

To curb child pornography, the amendment levies heavy fine for not deleting, destroying child pornographic material. Not reporting child pornography will also invite a hefty fine, the minister said. read more

The 42-year-old accused suspected his wife’s character and believed the victim was not his biological child, the prosecution said. read more