Delhi bus gang rapists to hang today

Four men convicted of the 2012 gang-rape and murder of a New Delhi student set to be executed today (Friday), the victim’s lawyer said after a court dismissed a final last-minute petition to delay the hangings. The brutal attack on Jyoti Singh aboard a city bus sparked nationwide demonstrations and shone a spotlight on the alarming rates of sexual violence in India.

A trial court in Delhi, which had already postponed the hangings three times, on Thursday dismissed another plea to delay the executions scheduled for 5:30 am (0000 GMT) Friday.

“The court rejected their petition and said they have exhausted all their legal rights. The hangings will take place on Friday at the scheduled time,” Singh’s lawyer Seema Kushwaha told reporters. Singh’s mother Asha Devi welcomed the ruling and said her “daughter’s soul will finally rest in peace”. The convicts had filed numerous petitions seeking delays to the executions.

One challenged the rejection of his mercy plea by the president, the last remedy available to death-row convicts in India.

Delhi bus gang rapists to hang today

Four men convicted of the 2012 gang-rape and murder of a New Delhi student set to be executed today (Friday), the victims lawyer said after a court dismissed a final last-minute petition to delay the hangings. The brutal attack on Jyoti Singh aboard a city bus sparked nationwide demonstrations and shone a spotlight on the alarming rates of sexual violence in India. A trial court in Delhi, which had already postponed the hangings three times, on Thursday dismissed another plea to delay the executions scheduled for 5:30 am (0000 GMT) Friday. The court rejected their petition and said they have exhausted all their legal rights. The hangings will take place on Friday at the scheduled time, Singhs lawyer Seema Kushwaha told reporters. Singhs mother Asha Devi welcomed the ruling and said her daughters soul will finally rest in peace. The convicts had filed numerous petitions seeking delays to the executions. One challenged the rejection of his mercy plea by the president, the last remedy available to death-row convicts in India.