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Death penalty: Supreme Court notice to govt on crucial special leave petition
NEW DELHI: The death penalty has been challenged in all the three cases citing the same reason: the inordinate delay on the part of the President in rejecting the mercy petitions of the convicts concerned. But different benches of the Supreme Court are ...
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Bill seeks to reinstate death penalty in Iowa
DES MOINES - The leader of the Senate Republican minority is pushing to reinstate a limited death penalty in Iowa for any adult who kills a minor in the commission of a rape or kidnapping. Majority Democrats say it's a political ploy to interject a ...
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Jury votes thumbs up on death penalty for convicted killer
Both Holmes and Coleman were convicted of that murder in separate trials, and both were sentenced to the death penalty. Although Holmes' conviction and sentence were upheld by the Louisiana Supreme Court, Coleman's conviction was overturned by the ...
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Uganda anti-gay death penalty bill reintroduced
(MARC HOFER/AFP/Getty Images) KAMPALA, Uganda - The Ugandan parliamentarian who first introduced an anti-gay bill that carried the death penalty for some homosexual acts reintroduced the bill on Tuesday, raising concerns among rights activists who have ...
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Death row convict in SC against delay in deciding mercy plea
PTI | 12:02 AM,Feb 07,2012 New Delhi, Feb 7 (PTI) The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Centre and the Assam government on a plea by a death row convict assailing the decision on his mercy petition by the President on ground of delay of ...
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Livelihood crisis for Chakma, Hajong refugees
45 years after their settlement in Arunachal Pradesh, these refugees are still fighting for citizenship and livelihood rights. There is...
Uttarakhand Gujjars being ousted without compensation
A large number of Ban Gujjar tribal families remaining within the Rajaji National Park are facing constant harassment from the...
Starvation persists in Orissa
Several cases of starvation deaths have been reported in Orissa, especially in areas with high tribal populations. Added to this,...

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