New Delhi court begins appeal on death sentence for four convicted of rape

[JURIST] The High Court in New Delhi [official website] on Saturday began the appeal of the death penalty sentence for the fatal gang-rape of an Indian student last December. Although six men were charged [JURIST report] with the rape and murder of the student, only four received the death penalty [AFP report]. The fifth suspect died while imprisoned in an apparent suicide, and the sixth was a minor at the time of the assault and was sentenced to three years...

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