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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·OCTOBER 30, 2009
India

INDIA: SC ALLOWS REVIEW OF ITS DEATH PENALTY DECISION

the Indian Supreme Court allowed a review after restoring the death penalty of a murder convict without giving him a hearing.

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the Indian Supreme Court allowed a review after restoring the death penalty of a murder convict without giving him a hearing. The Assam governor’s decision in January 2002 to commute Ramdeo Chauhan’s death penalty to life imprisonment was set aside in May 2009. Chauhan allegedly killed four members of a family.
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  • (Sources: Topnews.in, 30/10/2009)