INDIA: PRESIDENT COMMUTES 14 DEATH SENTENCES INTO LIFE TERMS

Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil commuted the death sentence of 14 people by allowing their mercy petitions during the past two months.
Home Ministry sources said those allowed to escape the gallows include Pyara Singh and his three sons Sarabjit Singh, Satnam Singh and Gurdev Singh. R Govindswami of Tamil Nadu who allegedly killed five people including three small children was also shown mercy by the President. The 1997 death sentences of Sheoram, Shyam Manohar and four others for murder was also commuted to life imprisonment.