Death Penalty India Report - Capital punishment in India

Who released this report?

The Death Penalty Research Project, undertaken by researchers at the National Law University in Delhi, found that over 80 per cent of prisoners facing capital punishment had not completed school and nearly half had begun working before the age of 18.

According to this report

Most death row inmates in India are poor, uneducated and first-time offenders.

1.   A total of 241 out of the 385 death row inmates in India are first-time offenders.

2.   Around 60% of the prisoners did not complete secondary education and nearly 75% belonged to economically vulnerable sections.

3.    Three-fourth of the prisoners sentenced to death belong to backward classes and religious minorities.

4.    Overall, ‘murder simpliciter’ or accidental murder constitute most of the cases, followed by ‘rape with murder’.

5.   Median duration of trials and High Court proceedings in cases involving sexual offences is the lowest as compared to other cases. State-wise analysis also shows that trails were fastest in cases of sexual offence.

6. Most prisoners who shared information didn’t have a lawyer during interrogation. Most of them claimed they had experienced custodial violence and were tortured in police custody.

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source: The Hindu, Indian express