Four sentenced to death in India gang-rape case
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Four sentenced to death in India gang-rape case

LA Times  

NEW DELHI -- An Indian court Friday sentenced four men to death in the December rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student on a moving bus, one of the nation’s most closely watched legal decisions in recent history. The victim, who died of massive internal injuries two weeks after the brutal assault, was not named under Indian law, but Indian media dubbed her “Brave Heart.” “I welcome the judgment,” said Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, adding that it was too early to comment on any possible appeal or presidential pardon. State executions in India are reserved for “rarest of rare” cases under Supreme Court guidelines, and the vast majority of death penalty cases are commuted to life imprisonment. Since India’s last execution for rape and murder, carried out against security guard Dhananjoy Chatterjee in 2004 for attacking and killing a 14-year old in eastern West Bengal state, serious crimes including rape and kidnapping against women in the state have in fact hit an all-time high, the group said.

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