2012 gang-rape case: India SC rejects death penalty plea
India’s top court yesterday dismissed an appeal against the death penalty by one of four men convicted of the gang-rape of a woman on a bus in New Delhi and her murder, saying it found no reason to review the sentence. The four were convicted in 2013 of the rape, torture and murder of the 23-year-old physiotherapy student in New Delhi in 2012, an attack that triggered shockwaves across the world. The woman died of her injuries in hospital in Singapore. The case prompted India to enact tough new laws against sexual violence, including the death penalty for rape in some cases.
Source: AFP
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