Germany has no locus standi to seek clemency for Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar: India

Last Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013, 20:55

India does not see any locus standi of Germany in the case of death row convict Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar for whom they are pressing clemency.

Taiwan compensates trio after 11 years on death row

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 14:34

The trio, who said they were tortured into making confessions, were first sentenced to death 21 years ago for the murder of a couple in Taipei.

Philippines races to save man on Saudi death row

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 16:19

Zapanta was sentenced to death for killing his Sudanese landlord in 2009.

Media `misinterpreted` Rajoana`s letter, claims his sister

Last Updated: Monday, February 25, 2013, 23:42

The sister of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict on death row in connection with the assassination of former Punjab CM Beant Singh, said that the letter recently written by him was allegedly "misinterpreted" by the media.

Execution of death row convicts: PIL filed in Madras

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 23:07

A PIL has been filed before the Madras High Court seeking to prohibit the Centre from executing any convict on death row before disclosing to the general public.

Yasin Malik asks Pak govt not make hasty decision on Sarabjit

Last Updated: Sunday, February 10, 2013, 17:06

Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik on Sunday asked the Pakistan government not to make any "hasty decision" on Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh in the wake of Afzal Guru`s execution.

MP HC acquits two death row convicts

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 23:30

Madhya Pradesh High Court Wednesday acquitted a married man and his girfriend, who were given death sentence by a local court for murdering his wife.

Pak SC seeks details of all prisoners on death row

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 21:23

The bench was told by a lawyer during today`s proceedings that a total of 6,355 prisoners were on death row.

13 mobile phones among banned items seized from jail in Bihar

Last Updated: Monday, December 10, 2012, 14:02

Thirteen mobile phones and 12 SIM cards were recovered during a raid at a divisional jail in Bihar`s Khagaria district on Monday, police said.

Mercy plea: Prez commutes sentence of death row convict

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 14:13

In a first case of pardon by Prez Pranab Mukherjee after assuming office, death sentence of a convict, Atbir, has been commuted to life imprisonment.

Sarabjit Singh accuses Pak jail authorities of slow poisoning

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 23:13

Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh, who has been languishing in Pakistani jails for years, has claimed in a letter that he is being slow-poisoned and mentally tortured by authorities of Kot Lakhpat jail.