India's Supreme Court orders President to review death row inmate's plea for life sentence within two weeks.

The Supreme Court in India has ordered the President's office to review the mercy petition of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a death row inmate convicted for the 1995 assassination of Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. The court asked the President to consider the plea within two weeks. Rajoana, imprisoned for 29 years, seeks to have his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment.

November 18, 2024
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