Death Penalty News

The rape and murder of a 3-year-old girl in Nepal has sparked widespread outrage and protests in the Himalayan country, with activists and politicians demanding tougher laws on rape, including calls for the death penalty to be imposed for the crime. The little girl went missing from her home in Bara, about 80 miles south of the capital Kathmandu, on August 16. Her body was found at an abandoned house three days later. Police registered a case of rape and murder and have arrested nine suspects, including a bus driver and a 16-year-old boy who worked on the same bus, who they accuse of luring the girl into the attack with chocolate.

Two Christian brothers facing blasphemy charges in Pakistan were cleared, following allegations that had prompted many Muslims to riot in their neighborhood last August Two Christian brothers who were facing blasphemy charges in Muslim-majority Pakistan have been cleared of all allegations and set free, their lawyer reported March 1. The accusations against them had previously led to violent riots, with hundreds of Muslims devastating the neighborhood where they lived last August.

According to data, there were 541 and 490 death row inmates at the end of 2022 and 2021, respectively, and 16 7 and 146 death sentences were awarded in 2022 and 2021. New Delhi: As many as death row inmates are currently lodged in prisons across the country, the the highest at the end of a calendar year in two decades, according to a report. The number has increased exponentially since 2015, witnessing a rise 45.71 per cent in such cases.