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| Subject: Outrageous injustice: Three men sentenced to death for gang-rapes in Mumbai Fri Apr 04, 2014 7:52 pm | |
| Three men were sentenced to death on Friday for two gang-rapes last year in Mumbai, including an attack on a photojournalist that sparked protests in the city and raised fresh questions about attitudes to women in the world's largest democracy.
A Mumbai court on Friday sentenced Vijay Jadhav, Kasim Bengali and Mohammed Salim Ansari to death, the first time capital punishment has been given for rape not involving the death of the victim.
"There was no chance of reformation in these men and this sends a strong signal to society," special prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told reporters outside the court.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/three-men-sentenced-to-death-for-gangrapes-in-mumbai-20140405-zqr24.html#ixzz2xxsYh77K |
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