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Army veterans protest Jadhav's death sentence near Pak High Commission

Nearly two dozen ex-servicemen, including Col (retd) Ravi Tokas and Col (retd) KPS Rana, took part in the protest.

12 Apr 2017 9:12 PM

Journalists look a image of Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was arrested in March 2016, during a press conference by Pakistan's army spokesman and the Information Minister, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

Kulbhushan can appeal death penalty in 60 days: Pak

The sentence had sparked an angry reaction from India which said Jadhav’s execution would be treated as 'premeditated murder'.

11 Apr 2017 7:38 PM

Arkansas wants to carry out the sentences before its supply of an execution drug expires May 1. (Photo: Pixabay)

US: Judge to consider Arkansas' plan to execute 7 in 11 days

Judge Kristine Baker must rule whether the execution of the prisoners would violate their rights and their access to the courts.

10 Apr 2017 12:38 PM

Judges should never be bloodthirsty — a real concern for the dignity of human life postulates resistance to taking a life through law’s instrumentality. (Representational image)

360 degree: Emotions and word of law

Wobbly and inconsistent standards could dilute or confuse India’s legal process.

26 Mar 2017 5:58 AM

In 1980, the Supreme Court in the Bachan Singh vs State of Punjab abolished the mandatory death penalty in cases of murder and propounded the “rarest of rare” doctrine, allowing courts to impose death penalty in cases such as murder, terrorism, treason, espionage.

360 degree: Why capital punishment must stay

When delivered scrupulously, the death penalty can uphold our moral conscience.

26 Mar 2017 5:53 AM

The proposed recommendation of the National Law Commission for abolition of death penalty, prima facie, appears to be based on three facts. (Representational image)

360 degree: Process to speed up execution is need of the hour

The death penalty is required to be retained in our book with certain amendments.

26 Mar 2017 3:46 AM

Scrap the death penalty

With many social indices signalling that the country has progressed, we need a more mature view of abolition.

24 Mar 2017 1:57 AM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

US: Arkansas speeds up death sentences to beat expiry date on drug bottle

Paradoxically, Arkansas has not executed anyone since 2005.

11 Mar 2017 7:40 AM

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Photo: AP)

Turkey may seek reinstatement of death penalty punishment

The death penalty was banned in Turkey in 2004.

25 Feb 2017 10:56 AM

People lie prone to escape from gunfire as a police officer scans for threats at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida. (Photo: AP)

Florida shooting suspect charged, may face death penalty

Esteban Santiago told investigators that he planned attack, buying one-way ticket to Fort Lauderdale airport, a federal complaint said.

08 Jan 2017 9:12 AM

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