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Hanging not as 'barbaric, inhuman and cruel' as execution by lethal injection: Govt tells SC

  New Delhi: The Central government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that death by hanging is not as “barbaric, inhuman and cruel” as an execution by firing squad or lethal injection. Supporting a legal provision that a death row convict would only be hanged to death, the Ministry of Home Affairs told a bench […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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