Assessment Of People’s Perceptions On Death Penalty For Rape – An Empirical Analysis
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Rape and murder convictions were given the death penalty in at least seven Indian trial courts in March 2021 (Azamgarh; Bulandshahr; Jaunpur; Jhunjhu; Nanded; Paravur; US Nagar). "The most violent and horrible deeds, which are beyond description, are the rarest of the rare situations" was the overall reason for all penalties. India's courts have used this option under a variety of statutes including those connected to homicide, terror, kidnapping with a motive to commit homicide or arson, narcotics offences, and even homicide in the context of rape, according to available statistics. According to Death Penalty India (2019), an annual report by the National Law University (NLU), New Delhi, there were over 40% of those sentenced to death in 2018 and 52.9 percent of those in 2019 who were guilty of sexual offences and murder.
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