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Indian court orders 2012 Delhi bus rapists to be hanged on Jan 22
2020-01-08
[DAWN] An Indian court Tuesday ordered the execution on January 22 of four men convicted of the infamous 2012 gang rape and murder of a Delhi university student.

Six people were originally charged with taking part in the brutal attack aboard a city bus, but one was released after a brief detention as a juvenile, while another did away with himself while awaiting trial.

On Tuesday Delhi court judge Satish Kumar issued a warrant ordering the four on death row to be executed on January 22 at 7am.

The condemned men still have one avenue of appeal remaining, and they can also petition the Indian president for mercy.

Jyoti Singh, 23, was attacked in December 2012 while returning home after visiting the cinema with a male friend.

Her assailants took turns to rape and violate her with a metal rod as the bus drove around the capital, before dumping her and the beaten-up friend in a roadside ditch.

Singh died of her injuries nearly a fortnight after the attack ‐ in Singapore, where she had been flown for specialist treatment.

Tens of thousands of Indians erupted into the streets in protest, and the case led to a major overhaul of laws surrounding sexual assault.

It also spawned an award-winning documentary as well as a Netflix series.

Singh's family said they were pleased with the ruling.

"This judgement will reinstate women's faith in the judiciary," Jyoti's mother Asha Devi told journalists. "My daughter will finally get justice."

Posted by:Fred

#3  Hanging sounds too good for them. She died two weeks after being gang raped and dumped on the street. No last meal for them they didn't give her one.
Posted by: jpal   2020-01-08 14:42  

#2  My fingers are crossed until they're pronounced dead by the jail doctor. There's no telling what a bureaucrat may think of at the last minute. Anything is possible in this madhouse.
Posted by: Dron66046   2020-01-08 05:28  

#1  Short rope, one hopes.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB   2020-01-08 04:18  

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