2022 was an important year in the death penalty for India. As per Project 39A’s Death Penalty in India: Annual Statistics Report 2022, the Supreme Court made significant developments to capital sentencing law even as trial courts imposed the highest number of death sentences in India since 2000.
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Discussion organised on World Day Against the Death Penalty focused on the effectiveness of the death penalty as a response to sexual violence while locating it within the needs of the survivors.
In 2018, India saw the issue of sexual violence against young children come into the limelight after a series of cases were highlighted by the media.