[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

[Rick Halperin]

Nov. 13




INDIA:

2012 Delhi gangrape: Supreme Court defers review petition to December 12----The 
bench had upheld the death penalty for all four convicts in the case on May 5.



The Supreme Court on Monday deferred a review petition filed by Mukesh, 1 of 
the convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case, to December 12.

The matter was heard by a bench consisting Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra 
and Justices R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan. On May 5, the bench had upheld the 
death penalty for all 4 convicts in the case.

6 individuals, including a juvenile, had raped a 23-year-old woman in a moving 
bus in Delhi on December 16, 2012. The woman, whom they had brutally abused, 
had succumbed to her injuries on December 29 the same year at a hospital in 
Singapore. The minor accused was released in December 2015 after serving 3 
years in a detention home for juveniles while 1 convict died in prison.

A trial court had ordered death sentences for the convicts in September 2013, 
which was upheld by the Delhi High Court 6 months later. However, the Supreme 
Court issued a stay order on the sentence after the convicts Akshay, Vinay 
Sharma, Pawan and Mukesh had moved it.

The incident had triggered country-wide protests and demands to ensure more 
safety for women in India. The outrage had forced the government to introduce 
new laws on rape.

(source: scroll.in)








JAPAN:

Thousands demand death penalty for Chinese murderer in Japan



1 month ahead of the trial of a Chinese murderer in Japan, thousands of 
signatures have been collected to demand the death penalty for the man who 
stabbed a Chinese girl to death at her doorstep in Tokyo.

The suspect, Chen Shifeng, is scheduled to stand trial on December 11 in Tokyo 
for the murder of 24-year-old Chinese student Jiang Ge on November 3, 2016, in 
the capital of Japan.

Jiang's mother began to collect public signatures in August to call for the 
death penalty for Chen. She also flew to Japan this past weekend to garner more 
support. There is no exact record on the total number of signatures, but in 
lettered signatures alone, she has received 2,249 names as of October 29. On 
Sina Weibo, posts containing the link to the online petition were reposted tens 
of thousands of times.

"We understand that one is rarely sentenced to death in Japan, but we believe 
that it is one of the most heinous crimes to brutally kill an innocent girl due 
to his personal grudge with someone else. The suspect Chen Shifeng also showed 
no remorse after leaving the victim's family in pieces. We believe that Chen 
Shifeng must pay for his crimes and we plead for Japanese authorities to 
protect law-abiding citizens' human rights and sentence Chen Shifeng to death," 
said the petition letter, which was addressed to the Japanese judges and the 
trial jury in the name of a Chinese citizen.

Amid the public outcry to punish the murderer, Jiang's roommate Liu Xin has 
also come under criticism. Liu is an ex-girlfriend of Chen, and their former 
relationship is allegedly one reason for Jiang's death.

Chen allegedly followed Jiang back home to seek Liu when the murder took place. 
Liu allegedly refused to let Chen in when Jiang was attacked, but later claimed 
that she heard nothing and that the door was unlocked. However, neighbors say 
that they heard Jiang's desperate scream for help.

Liu's absence of apology and comfort to Jiang's family triggered even wider 
discussions as well as criticisms. She has also reportedly threatened to 
withdraw from the police investigation after her personal information was 
released online during her avoidance of contact with Jiang's family.

Many have criticized Liu's "lack of conscience" and want to hold Liu legally 
responsible for the death of Jiang Ge. Some legal experts have pointed out that 
while Liu may not be legally accountable, she should not be exempt from moral 
judgment.

(source: ecns.cn)








BANGLADLESH:

HC commutes death penalty of killer



The death sentence of the killer of Supreme Court lawyer Sayma Khanum was 
commuted by the High Court to life imprisonment yesterday.

The convict is Faizul Islam, an assistant accountant in the Public Works 
Department.

According to the prosecution, the convict stabbed advocate Sayma, 44, a former 
cultural affairs secretary of Dhaka Bar Association, to death inside her 
Elephant Road apartment in the capital on July 17, 2007.

A week later, Faizul was arrested in connection with the murder. Faizul 
confessed to killing Sayma, claiming that he had given a total of Tk 12 lakh to 
Sayma after she promised him that she would arrange a cadre service job for him 
under the 27th BCS examination. Sayma, however, did not keep her promise, 
Faizul also claimed.

On October 4 in 2011, a Dhaka court handed down death penalty to Faizul for 
killing the lawyer.

Yesterday, the HC bench of Justice Md Ruhul Quddus and Justice Bhishmadev 
Chakrabortty gave the verdict.

Deputy Attorney General Moniruzzaman Rubel told The Daily Star the government 
will move an appeal before the SC, seeking capital punishment for Faizul.

(source: thedaiystar.net)