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Bringing relief to the convicted offenders with death penalty, the Apex court has commuted death sentence into life term imprisonment on the basis of delay in considering over the mercy pleas asked by the convicted prisoners. The panel of a bench was headed by 40th Chief Justice of our country, P. Sathasivam.

The Centre on Friday accepted amendments in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act and approved death penalty in cases of aggravated sexual assault of kids. Making the announcement, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said this was done to make the law stricter. Here's more.

The sentence for three Shakti Mills gang-rape convicts, who were found guilty for two rape cases, will be pronounced today by the session court in Mumbai and they may face death sentence as on Thursday the three were booked under IPC section 376 (E), a new legal provision under which repeat offenders may face death sentence or life-term imprisonment.

The apex court of India had granted the plea of former Rajiv Gandhi's assassins by commuting their death sentence to life term imprisonment today a short while ago. The Supreme Court has also given authority to the state government to decide if the murderers should be released or kept in prison.