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We are also victims of the system, says death row convict Bhullar's wife
After a Pakistani (Ajmal Kasab) and a Kashmiri (Afzal Guru), the state would execute a Sikh to show that it does not have a soft corner for people of certain community, says Navneet Kaur, who maintains she and her husband are both victims. #Terrorism #Supreme Court #Death sentence #VeryCloseUp #Death Penalty #Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar #Navneet Kaur
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Karuna reiterates demand for abolishing death penalty
Renewing his demand for abolishing death penalty, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Saturday made a fresh pitch for a state cabinet meeting to adopt a resolution recommending commutation of the death sentence awarded to three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. #M. Karunanidhi #NewsTracker #Afzal Guru #Death Penalty #Veerappan
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Will honour pact with Italy, no death penalty for marines, says Shinde
The Home Minister said that India would honour the international commitment it had made to Italy. #TheySaidIt #Death Penalty #Italian Marines #Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde
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Marines returned on guarantee of no death penalty: Italian Minister
Mistura said that according to Italian law, no accused person is allowed to go back to a country if there is a death penalty against him. #India #Supreme Court #Salman Khurshid #TheySaidIt #Death Penalty #Staffan de Mistura #Italian Marines
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Needed assurance on no death penalty for marines: Italy
Defending their initial decision not to send back their marines even at the cost of diplomatic breach of assurance, Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Steffan de Mistura said death penalty was unacceptable. #India #NewsTracker #Italy #Death Penalty #Steffan de Mistura #Italian Marines
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SC stays execution of Veerappan aides indefinitely
The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of four of Veerappan's aides until further notice and adjourned the case for six weeks. #NewsTracker #Supreme Court #Death Penalty #Veerappan #mercy petition #Gnanaprakasam #Bilavendra #Meesai Madhaiah #Simon
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India should join countries that oppose death penalty: Karuna
Noting that 90 percent of countries in the world have abolished death sentence following the UN resolution, he said, "India should also join the list of majority." #Karunanidhi #WhoSaidWhat #Death Penalty
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Karunanidhi demands abolition of death penalty
Karuna recalled that former Supreme Court judge V R Krishna Iyer had strongly pitched for doing away with the death penalty in India and that 90 percent of countries in the world had abolished it. #Karunanidhi #NewsTracker #Death Penalty #Veerappan