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  2. List of people executed in India - Wikipedia

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    The number of people executed in India since independence in 1947 is a matter of dispute; official government statistics claim that only 57 people had been executed since independence. However, available information from other sources indicates that the official government figures are false, and the actual number of executions in India may run ...

  3. Capital punishment in India - Wikipedia

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    Capital punishment in India is the highest legal penalty for crimes under the country's main substantive penal legislation, the Indian Penal Code, as well as other laws.. Executions are carried out by hanging as the primary method of execution per Section 354(5) of the Criminal Code of Procedure, 1973 is "Hanging by the neck until dead", and is imposed only in the 'rarest of ca

  4. List of most recent executions by jurisdiction - Wikipedia

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    Extrajudicial executions and killings are not included. In general, executions carried out in the territory of a sovereign state when it was a colony or before the sovereign state gained independence are not included. The colours on the map correspond to and have the same meanings as the colours in the charts.

  5. List of people who were executed - Wikipedia

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    Francisco (1876) last execution in Brazil (former Empire of Brazil) Sidney Harry Fox (1930) Ronnie Lee Gardner (2010) Micheal Anak Garing (2019) Juan Garza (2001) Nirmal Jibon Ghosh (1934) Gary Gilmore (1977) first post-Gregg execution in Utah and in the United States; Barbara Graham (1955) John Grant (2021) Jimmy Lee Gray (1983) first post ...

  6. Blowing from a gun - Wikipedia

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    This method of execution is most closely associated with the British East India Company rule in India. Following the Indian Rebellion of 1857 , "blowing from a gun" was a method the British used to execute rebels [ 6 ] as well as for Indian sepoys who were found guilty of desertion. [ 7 ]

  7. Execution date set for Missouri inmate, even as he awaits ...

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    The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday set a Sept. 24 execution date for Marcellus Williams, even as the inmate awaits a court hearing on his claim that he was not involved in the murder that ...

  8. Latest execution date set for Thomas Creech, Idaho’s longest ...

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    The day after the state’s parole board denied a reduced sentence to life in prison for Thomas Creech, Idaho’s longest-serving death row prisoner, a date next month was set for his execution.

  9. Capital punishment by country - Wikipedia

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    India rarely executes criminals, carrying out just 30 executions since 1991. [24] India most recently executed 4 perpetrators of a gang rape and murder case in March 2020. [25] Japan sometimes executes criminals, carrying out 130 executions since 1993. Japan most recently executed Tomohiro Katō in July 2022. [26]