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    Death Sentence News

    HT Evening News Brief: Hasina faces death sentence on return, one year of Red Fort blast and more

    Hasina’s London-based lawyers recently sought a new passport and identity card from the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi
    World News
    Published 2 days ago

    California Governor Gavin Newsom moves to change 548 death sentences to life without parole

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom has moved to commute 548 death sentences to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
    World News
    Published 6 days ago

    Meerut ‘blue drum’ murder convicts Muskan, Sahil challenge death sentence in high court

    In their appeals, the convicts have described the trial court’s verdict as illegal and arbitrary, seeking the setting aside of their conviction.
    India News
    Published 18 days ago

    Blue drum murder case: Convicts challenge death sentence before Allahabad HC

    Police take away Merchant Navy officer Saurabh Rajput's wife Muskan and her lover Sahil Shukla after they were arrested in connection with his murder.
    India News
    Published 18 days ago

    SC stays execution of death sentence of convict in 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case

    SC stays execution of death sentence of convict in 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case
    India News
    Updated 24 days ago

    Mysuru court sentences man to death for rape and murder of 9-year-old during 2025 Dasara festival

    The nine-year-old girl was staying in a tent with her family near Mysuru’s exhibition grounds when she was abducted, raped and murdered during Dasara 2025.
    India News
    Published 26 days ago

    Death sentence to ‘blue drum’ murder accused Muskan leaves 10-month-old kid's future uncertain

    Muskan and Sahil were convicted on September 30 for killing Saurabh on March 3, 2025, dismembering his body and concealing the remains in a blue drum filled with cement.
    India News
    Updated 28 days ago

    Woman, partner sentenced to death in ‘blue drum’ murder case

    Saurabh Rajput’s family had sought the harshest punishment for the two convicts since his dismembered body was recovered in March 2025.
    Cities
    Updated 28 days ago

    Death penalty in 'blue drum' murder; Air India flight diverted after hijack alert | Top News

    The Meerut district court sentenced Muskan Rastogi and her lover Sahil Shukla to death for the murder of her husband Saurabh Rajput in the Meerut blue drum case.
    India News
    Published 29 days ago

    Rajoana clemency plea: SAD (Punar-Surjit) accuses Centre of insensitivity towards Sikhs

    Rajoana also called for an honourable resolution of pending demands concerning the Sikh community. (HT)
    Cities
    Published 33 days ago

    Balwant Rajoana row adds fresh strain to possible BJP-SAD alliance revival in Punjab

    The issue of Rajoana’s death sentence has again brought into focus differences between the two parties over matters with significant political and religious resonance in Punjab. (HT File)
    Cities
    Updated 34 days ago

    ‘Forgiving nature of SC has to end’: Judge says high crime due to low death sentences

    Justice Dipankar Datta made the remarks in light of Supreme Court's pardon of death sentences.
    India News
    Updated 34 days ago

    Chhattisgarh court awards death penalty to three for killing cop’s wife, minor daughter

    According to police, Sahu, a repeat offender, killed the 35-year-old woman and her daughter at their home in Surajpur city.
    India News
    Updated 34 days ago

    HC acquits man on death row for murder of toddler in Hisar over lack of evidence

    The court observed that the prosecution has failed to connect the accused to the commission of any offence beyond a reasonable doubt.
    Cities
    Updated 35 days ago

    ‘Not conducive’: Centre opposes Balwant Rajoana’s death commutation plea in Supreme Court

    A special court sentenced Balwant Singh Rajoana to death in July 2007, a decision upheld by the Punjab and Haryana high court in 2010. (HT FILE PHOTO)
    India News
    Updated 35 days ago

    Christa Pike health update: Latest on arm injuries as death-row inmate remains unconscious

    Christa Pike remains unconscious and critically ill after Tennessee's failed attempt to execute her.
    World News
    Published 37 days ago

    Doctor in Christa Pike's failed execution tied to earlier botched lethal injection

    Doctor Mark Fowler was involved in the attempted executions of Christa Pike.
    World News
    Published 41 days ago

    SC commutes death sentence of man who raped, murdered 6-yr-old stepdaughter

    The top court altered his death sentence after it noticed that the 56-year old man showed possibility of reform as he maintained good conduct in jail and had no criminal antecedents other than the present case. (Hindustan Times)
    India News
    Published 48 days ago

    SC commutes death sentence of man who raped, murdered 6-year-old stepdaughter

    The Supreme Court on Thursday commuted the death sentence of a man convicted of raping and murdering his six-year-old stepdaughter in Madhya Pradesh in 2018
    India News
    Published 48 days ago

    10 yrs on, HC sets aside death sentence in Vile Parle rape-murder

    Bombay High Court. Photo by Girish Srivastava/HT 08-01-02
    Cities
    Published 65 days ago

    HC acquits 4 on death row for rape, murder of two minor sisters in Sonepat

    Both the victims and the accused are from different parts of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. (HT Photo for representation)
    Cities
    Published 77 days ago

    Is hanging cruel? The law, the methods, and the debate over executions in India

    Article 21 of the Constitution lays down that no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.
    Ht Explainers
    Published 85 days ago

    Will Luigi Mangione get life in prison? Does NY allow death penalty? Explained

    Luigi Mangione has pleaded guilty in the federal case.
    World News
    Published 88 days ago

    Bashar al-Assad to Sheikh Hasina: Heads of state who got death sentences

    The court convicted Bashar al-Assad over charges of "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity" during the Syrian civil war. Sheikh Hasina was convicted in absentia
    World News
    Updated 93 days ago

    Syria court sentences ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia

    Bashar al-Assad
    World News
    Updated 93 days ago

    Rape & murder of 12-year-old: 4 years after Panipat court awards death penalty, HC orders retrial

    Four years after a trial court awarded death sentence to two persons for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in 2018, the Punjab and Haryana high court has remanded back the case after it found some “irregularities” in the trial. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/ Representational image)
    Cities
    Published 99 days ago

    Bryan Kohberger's own defense expert now wants him on death row

    Bryan Kohberger is seeking a new trial, claiming his defense attorneys misled him into pleading guilty.
    World News
    Published 101 days ago

    Iran ramps up executions under shadow of war

    Iranians cross over to Iraq through the Shalamcheh border on July 23.
    World News
    Published 111 days ago

    Man gets death for sexual assault, murder of 7-year-old boy in UP’s Bahraich

    The court also imposed a fine of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>100,000 on the accused Mukesh Nishad and ordered that 50% of the fine amount be paid as compensation to the victim’s father. (For Representation)
    Cities
    Published 111 days ago

    SC sets aside death sentence in 1996 Rajasthan bus blast case

    Supreme Court of India. (PTI File)
    Cities
    Published 114 days ago
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