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INDIA: 4 MEN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCES IN GANG RAPE

September 13, 2013: A judge sentenced to death the four men convicted in the December gang rape and murder of a young New Delhi woman, ordering them to the gallows for a brutal attack on a bus that left the young woman with such severe internal injuries that she died two weeks later.
"In these times, when crime against women is on the rise, the courts cannot turn a blind eye toward such gruesome crimes," Judge Yogesh Khanna said in announcing the sentence. He said the attack "shocked the collective conscience" of India.
Hearing the death sentence, the wail of one of the four men, 20-year-old Vinay Sharma, filled the tiny courtroom. Sharma, an assistant at a gym, then broke down in sobs.
"This is not the victory of truth. But it is the defeat of justice," defense lawyer A.P. Singh, who at times has worked with all four of the defendants, shouted at the judge.
Like all death sentences, Khanna's order must be confirmed by India's High Court. The men can appeal their case to the High Court, as well as to the Supreme Court, and ask the president for clemency.
The victim's family, along with numerous politicians and government officials, had long called for the men to be executed.
"I am very happy our girl has got justice," said the victim's father, who cannot be named under Indian laws guarding his daughter's identity as a rape victim.
The case has been closely followed across India, seen as a reflection on rampant mistreatment of women and the government's inability to deal with crime.
The victim and a male friend were coming home from a movie when the men tricked them into boarding a bus they were joy-riding through the city. They quickly beat the friend, held the woman down and took turns raping her. They also penetrated her with a metal rod, causing the injuries that led to her death in a Singapore hospital.
The defendants and the victims all lived on the bottom rungs of Indian society. One, Mukesh Singh, occasionally drove the bus where the crime occurred and cleaned it. Sharma, the gym assistant, was the only one of the attackers to graduate from high school. Akshay Thakur, 28, occasionally worked as a driver's helper on the bus.
With them on the bus were two other men. Police say Ram Singh, 33, hanged himself in prison, though his family insists he was killed. Another man — an 18-year-old who was a juvenile at the time of the attack and cannot be identified under Indian law — was convicted in August and will serve the maximum sentence he faced, three years in a reform home. (Sources: Ap, 13/09/2013)

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USA: ‘DEATH ROW, USA SPRING 2013’ NOW AVAILABLE
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INDIA: THREE GET DEATH SENTENCE IN SENDHWA BUS FIRE CASE
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: THE SENTENCE IS DEATH BY HANGING
INDIA: JAMMU AND KASHMIR HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF GUNMAN
IRAN: 10 PEOPLE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
JAPAN: DEATH ROW INMATE HANGED; 6TH EXECUTION SINCE ABE BECAME PM
CHINA: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER XINJIANG ATTACK
IRAN: FIVE PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR RAPE, MURDER
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
TEXAS (USA): DEATH ROW INMATE CAN'T BE FORCIBLY DRUGGED
OKLAHOMA (USA): ANTHONY ROZELLE BANKS EXECUTED
FOUR GUILTY OF BUS GANG RAPE THAT SICKENED INDIA
UAE: TOP COURT OVERTURNS DEATH VERDICT ON 10 DRUG DEALERS
SWITZERLAND: EXECUTION DRUGS FACE EXPORT RESTRICTIONS
PAKISTAN: FAMILY OF DEAD STUDENT PARDONS KILLERS
TANZANIA: MINISTER OF JUSTICE RECOMMENDS STRIKING OUT DEATH PENALTY IN NEW CONSTITUTION
IRAN: ONE PRISONER HANGED FOR MURDER
IRAN: ANOTHER MAN HANGED IN AHWAZ
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TIBET: BONINO CALLS ON CHINA TO SUSPEND THE EXECUTION OF DROLMA KYAB
ARIZONA: DEATH ROW INMATE DEBRA MILKE RELEASED TO AWAIT RETRIAL
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SRI LANKA: HUSBAND SENTENCED TO DEATH
IRAN: FIVE MORE HANGINGS
IRAN: SIX PRISONERS HANGED PUBLICLY
IRAQ: THREE TERRORIST ELEMENTS EXECUTED
INDIA: COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO 3 IN TRIPLE MURDER CASE

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