Lisa Montgomery, The Only Woman On US Federal Death Row In 67 Years, Executed
Several lawyers and human rights experts had sought for her impending execution to be stopped, arguing that Montgomery was mentally unstable and delusional.
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Who Is Lisa Montgomery? The Only Woman On Death Row In USA
If executed, Lisa Montgomery will be the only woman to face death execution in 70 yearsÂ
Nirbhaya Case: India’s Criminal Justice System Needs An Overhaul
Ironically, just as the label of ‘justice’ is attached to punishment without the actual conclusion/carrying out of it, the label of a survivor is attached without any effort in actually assisting the victim to survive the trauma.
Dear Kangana, Mothers Don’t Give Birth To Rapists
it is high time we realised that raising children is as much the responsibility of society and other members of their family, like that of their mother.
Nirbhaya Convict Files Curative Petition, Says He Was Only 19 Years Then
Akshay Thakur Singh, Mukesh, Pawan Gupta, and Vinay Sharma were found guilty in 2012 gang-rape, torture and killing of a young paramedic student in Delhi.
Surat Minor Rape And Murder Case: Gujarat HC Gives Death Penalty
The accused had confessed to the crime before the police, also admitting that he had consumed liquor before committing it.
Will File Review Petition And Appeal For Death Penalty: Kathua Lawyer
The Kathua case lawyer of Yusuf, the murdered child’s father, Mubin Farooqui revealed that the family is disappointed with the verdict. And that they will file review petition and appeal for death penalty.
MP Convicts 26 Rapists To Death; Activists Question Due Process
After Madhya Pradesh passed a law to allow the death penalty to those convicted of raping minors, the state’s special court set up under the POCSO Act has served capital punishment in 26 cases. Of these, 21 death penalty were served in 2018 and the remaining five in the months of 2019.
Two Minor Girls From Jharkhand Accuse 11 Men of Rape
Two minor girls from Jharkhand’s Lohardaga area have accused 11 men of raping them on August 16. The girls complained about it at the Sadar police station and Superintendent of Police Priyadarshi Alok deployed the task force to probe the incident who have arrested all the accused. The accused are in the age group of 18 […]
‘Are We Ready To Hang Thousands In Child Rape Cases?’ Ranjana Kumari
The Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill seeking death penalty for convicted rapists of girls below 12 years of age and stricter punishments for convicted rapists of women aged below 16 years. This bill is an amended version of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance that President Ram Nath Kovind had approved on April 21 […]
