- Dettagli
- Categoria: Death Penalty News
- Pubblicato: 01 Settembre 2014
President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected 97% of the mercy petitions since assuming the top office in 2012, a human rights watch group has said, stressing that death penalty has failed to act as a deterrent in the country.
Mukherjee, who assumed office on July 25, 2012, considered 23 mercy pleas involving 31 death-row convicts