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INDIA·DEATH PENALTY·SEPTEMBER 30, 2011·1 MIN READ

INDIA: SC REDUCES DEATH PENALTY TO LIFE TERM

the Indian Supreme Court commuted the death sentence issued by the Bombay High Court to Sham Kishor Bhaskarrao Matkari to life imprisonment, finding it was not in the rarest of the rare category.

the Indian Supreme Court commuted the death sentence issued by the Bombay High Court to Sham Kishor Bhaskarrao Matkari to life imprisonment, finding it was not in the rarest of the rare category. Sham allegedly killed his brother Manohar Matkari, sister-in-law and their son over a property dispute in Maharahstra's Jalagon district on June 28, 2001.
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  • (Sources: IBNlive.in.com, 30/09/2011)