Delhi Gang rape criminals get Death Sentence as award

[Aka123]

New Delhi: Four men have been given the death sentence for the fatal gang-rape of a young medical student on a moving Delhi bus, an attack that shocked India and ignited weeks of protests demanding better safety for women and swift justice for the 23-year-old who was killed.

"This has shocked the collective conscience of society," Judge Yogesh Khanna said. "In these times when crime against women is on the rise, courts cannot turn a blind eye towards such gruesome crime. (Read verdict on death sentence here)

The judge said the student was "tortured till the very end" and that the case fell into the "rarest of rare category", which justified capital punishment.

"We are happy. Justice has been delivered," said the student's father with his wife and two sons by his side. (Delhi gang-rape: 4 convicts get death; we are happy, says girl's father)

One of the convicts, Vinay Sharma, broke down in tears as the sentence was announced. Along with Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta, and Mukesh Singh, he was sentenced to death by hanging at a fast-track court in Delhi today. (The four men who have been given the death sentence)

Defence lawyer AP Singh dramatically wiped tears away as he told reporters that the verdict has been influenced by public and political pressure.

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde rejected that allegation and said justice has been served to the student and her family.

The woman, a trainee physiotherapist, and a male friend were lured onto a bus by five men and a teenager. The woman was then repeatedly raped and tortured with an iron rod. She died two weeks later.

One of the six men arrested in connection with the attack committed suicide in prison in March, while the teen was sentenced by a juveniles court to three years in a reform centre. (Juvenile found guilty of rape and murder, gets less than three years in reform home)

Enraged by the attack, thousands of demonstrators had marched in different cities, forcing the government to introduce tougher laws to punish sexual offences; special courts to try rape cases quickly were also sanctioned.

Delhi gang-rape: death penalty for crime that "shocked collective conscience" | NDTV.com

 

[kurup]

Good decision .

Hope the justice will be delivered soon .

 

[IndoCarib]

Hope this sends a strong message to all rapists. But better punishment would have been death by hanging

 

[Zibago]

mean while in Pakistan the death sentence is going to be converted to life imprisonment on pressure from EU no more hanging in the gallows

 

[[Bregs]]

This is the minimum punishment they got for the savagery they shown to that hapless girl

 

[Zibago]

o and i am a supporter of capital punishment

 

[ranjeet]

Hope this sends a strong message to all rapists. But better punishment would have been death by hanging

That's how death sentence is carried out India, by hanging. I don't know what you meant there. Anyway good riddance, good judgement but more convictions need to be done. Enough with such b@stards roaming around free in the country.

 

[Alpha1]

Justice is served!

 

[IndoCarib]

That's how death sentence is carried out India, by hanging. I don't know what you meant there. Anyway good riddance, good judgement but more convictions need to be done. Enough with such b@stards roaming around free in the country.

my bad. I thought this is life imprisonment.

" Defence counsel A P Singh said he will move high court only "if no other rape takes place in next two months after this verdict".

"If the country wanted this case to be a deterrent, I will wait for two months to see the crime scene. If no rape takes place due to death being given in the instant case, I will give in writing that my clients be hanged," he said.

 

[Parul]

The right judgement for these rapist.The higher court must uphold this judgement and the state should implement /execute the same without any delay. The other may take a lesson from this .No mercy petition should be allowed.

 

[ranjeet]

my bad. I thought this is life imprisonment.

" Defence counsel A P Singh said he will move high court only "if no other rape takes place in next two months after this verdict".

"If the country wanted this case to be a deterrent, I will wait for two months to see the crime scene. If no rape takes place due to death being given in the instant case, I will give in writing that my clients be hanged," he said.

Nah it's already mentioned in the article, death by hanging. and regarding Defense counselor he was abused by every FM radio station, they took him on air and gave him nice thrashing.

 

[Skallagrim]

This particular incident has contributed tremendously to creating a nationwide awareness of the heinous crime of rape and its frequent occurence in India. Indian media played a great role here.

 

[OrionHunter]

The rapists just got raped!!

But now the death sentence has to be confirmed by the High Court as all such sentences have to be. The accused have the right to appeal up to the Supreme Court and finally the President for commutation of the sentence. Now that would probably take at least a year before the noose is tied round their bl00dy necks. And that sucks!

 

[kaykay]

Hang them by their balls.

 

[Imran Khan]

and india didn't hang people now so forget .

Hang them by their balls.

aby kuch aqal ker unheen marna hai balls se koi hang hoa ?