INDIA: PC RECOMMENDS CLEMENCY TO DEATH ROW CONVICT
Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram has recommended to the President commutation of the death sentence of a prisoner in Tamil Nadu, R Govindaswami.
Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram has recommended to the President commutation of the death sentence of a prisoner in Tamil Nadu, R Govindaswami.
Govindaswami was accused of the murder of his uncle, aunt and three cousins in 1984. He was acquitted by a trial court in 1987, an order that was challenged by the state government in the Madras High Court which sentenced him to death.
Govindaswami was accused of the murder of his uncle, aunt and three cousins in 1984. He was acquitted by a trial court in 1987, an order that was challenged by the state government in the Madras High Court which sentenced him to death.
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- (Sources: PTINews.com, 29/10/2009)