[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----worldwide

[Rick Halperin]

July 26



INDIA:


Here is a link to the Indian Law Commission's 187th Report on "Mode of
Execution of Death Sentence and Incidental Matters" mentioned in the news
article from the Times of India:

It's a 59 page document in pdf available at:

http://lawcommissionofindia.nic.in/cpds1.pdf


(and the story, as posted on Sunday, is below:)

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 INDIA:


 80 % judges favour death by lethal injection


 A vast majority of judges, who responded to the Law Commission on
 execution of death penalty, feel that administering lethal injection
 should be an additional mode for sniffing out a condemned prisoner's life.

 The Law Commission's 187th Report on "Mode of Execution of Death Sentence
 and Incidental Matters", which was tabled in Parliament recently, analysed
 the responses it received from judges of different High Courts and
 subordinate courts.

(source:  The Times of India)