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  1. Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct.

  2. Aug 31, 2007 · Death Sentence: Directed by James Wan. With Kevin Bacon, Garrett Hedlund, Kelly Preston, Jordan Garrett. Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever.

  3. Apr 2, 2022 · This article is a detailed analysis of the death sentence in India and the categories of offences that come under its purview. The death penalty has long been a contentious issue, based on the deterrence principle of punishment.

  4. Apr 20, 2019 · A death sentence is a legal process where a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime committed by him. The judicial decree that someone should be punished in this manner is called a death sentence, while the actual process of killing the person is called an execution.

  5. What is capital punishment in India? Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is awarded in the rarest of rare cases. Section 354 (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides a method to execute the death penalty, i.e., "Hanging by the neck until dead." Recently, the convicts of the Nirbhaya case were hanged until death in Tihar Jail.

  6. Indian Penal Code, 1860. Under the IPC eleven offences are punishable by death. For ex-Murder, Abetment of suicide by a minor or insane person, Dacoity with murder etc. Army Act, 1950, the Air Force Act, 1950 and the Navy Act 1956. A death sentence may also be imposed for a number of offences committed by members of the armed forces.

  7. Jan 30, 2024 · As per 'Death Penalty in India: Annual Statistics 2022’ report, the Supreme Court awarded the death penalty to only seven people from 2007 to 2022. All death sentences were either set aside or commuted to life in 2023, as they missed the “rarest of rare cases”.

  8. Jun 24, 2024 · capital punishment, execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law of a criminal offense. Capital punishment should be distinguished from extrajudicial executions carried out without due process of law.

  9. Jan 30, 2023 · The highest imposition of death sentences in 2022 was influenced by the sentencing of 38 persons to death in Ahmedabad in a bomb blast case, the report said, adding this represented the...

  10. About. The use of the death penalty is not consistent with the right to life and the right to live free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. There is growing consensus for universal abolition of the death penalty.