South Korean court hands life sentence to ex‑President Yoon for imposing martial lawFormer President Yoon Suk Yeol received a life sentence for imposing martial law. He was found guilty of rebellion for attempting to seize ...
19 Feb, 2026, 02.05 PM IST
Supreme Court to hear in January plea concerning execution of death row convicts by hangingThe Supreme Court will hear arguments on January 21 regarding a plea to remove hanging as the execution method for death row convicts. The ...
11 Nov, 2025, 04.03 PM IST
New Zealand police ‘defund’ claims: Green MP in tuffle after funding organization for prisonersWith an aim to fight against tough policing, a Green MP from Wellington, is facing the heat after being involved with activists calling for...
14 Apr, 2025, 05.13 PM IST
The pacifist politician hoping to change RussiaYekaterina Duntsova, a mother of three, was completely unknown in November 2023 when she announced she wanted to run for president with the...
11 Jul, 2024, 11.56 AM IST
How one beheading 50 years ago led France to end the death penaltyRoger Bontems, 36, was beheaded for being an accessory to the brutal murder of a nurse and a guard during a break-out attempt at a prison i...
26 Nov, 2022, 01.39 PM IST
3/4th death row convicts socio-economically backward: ReportThe report also states that more than 80% of the death row inmates are subjected to 'inhuman, degrading and extreme forms of physical and m...
08 May, 2016, 10.06 AM IST
Three in four death row convicts from vulnerable sections: ReportThe ‘Death Penalty India Report’, released in Delhi on Friday, does not allege direct discrimination against prisoners from such background.
07 May, 2016, 04.11 PM IST
Supreme Court: If we end death penalty, shouldn't life term be till death?But it has been reluctant to completely do away with award of death penalty , saying there were certain cases where, as long as the extreme.
25 Sep, 2015, 11.08 AM IST
UN experts call for abolition of death penalty in IndiaThe Indian Law Commission issued its report, concluding that the death penalty does not serve as a deterrent and recommended its abolition.
12 Sep, 2015, 11.36 AM IST
Being jailed 'big punishment' in itself, says Kerala CM Oommen Chandy, opposes death penaltyYakub Memon, the lone 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict whose death sentence was upheld by Supreme Court, was hanged to death on July 30.
02 Aug, 2015, 04.20 PM IST
Put an end to spate of executions: Amnesty tells PakistanA top human rights group has appealed to Pakistan to put an end to the spate of executions in the country after a moratorium on death penal...
17 Jan, 2015, 02.19 PM IST
M Karunanidhi welcomes Supreme Court's order on Rajiv Gandhi assassination caseM Karunanidhi today welcomed the Supreme Court verdict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and sought immediate release of the convicts.
18 Feb, 2014, 03.15 PM IST
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Supreme Court commutes A G Perarivalan's death penalty, mother hopes for his releaseElated over SC's decision to commute her son's death penalty to life sentence, A G Perarivalan's mother thanked the court for the "historic...
18 Feb, 2014, 12.19 PM IST
- Commute death sentence of 3 convicts in Rajiv case: DMK to PM
DMK MPs asked the PM to recommend to the Prez commutation of the death sentence of the three convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
03 May, 2013, 03.29 PM IST
Supreme Court firm on death penalty for terror acts, rape-murder casesIt also had also shown no leniency, with few aberrations, to those convicted in rape-murder cases, especially involving minors and mentally...
10 Feb, 2013, 09.32 AM IST
- Mani Shankar Aiyar against hanging Rajiv Gandhi killers
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Mani Shankar Aiyar on Saturday said the three death row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case should not ...
03 Sep, 2011, 10.51 PM IST
- Gyanendra, Paras involved in 2001 royal massacre: Report
Deposed king Gyanendra & his son Paras in 2001 palace massacre.
25 Dec, 2009, 07.27 PM IST