It was reported that 36 prisoners on death row for...
It was reported that 36 prisoners on death row for various crimes in India's Bhagalpur prison had not been executed because there was no hangman
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It was reported that 36 prisoners on death row for various crimes in India's Bhagalpur prison had not been executed because there was no hangman. Since 1999 the number of prisoners on death row in Bhagalpur prison had risen, but no sentence has been carried out. The last hangman had died and no replacement had yet been found.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Geelong Advertiser, 08/12/2003)
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