India Death Penalty Report-2016

In 2016, the Judgments of the Apex Court which considered the Criminal Appeals by Death row convicts, raised a suspicion whether it is becoming more and more reluctant to award/confirm death penalty. In the month of September 2016, we saw the Apex Court setting aside death penalty in seven cases in a row. The only death penalty confirmed by the Apex Court in 2016, was in October, when...