From terror blasts to honour killings: The 21 women on death row in India

Former Supreme Court judge Justice Abhay S Oka has called for a review of death penalty's constitutionality, while advocate Yug Mohit Chaudhry labelled the practice of state-sanctioned torment as unthinkable.
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Ashish Shaji,Aamir Khan
From terror blasts to honour killings: The 21 women on death row in India
Former Supreme Court judge Justice Abhay S Oka has called for a review of death penalty's constitutionality, while advocate Yug Mohit Chaudhry labelled the practice of state-sanctioned torment as unthinkable.
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