An Indian court has sentenced four men to the death penalty for the rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a Delhi bus last December. The judge rejected pleas for a lighter sentence and condemned the men to be hanged to death.
The sentence has to be confirmed by the Indian High Court before it can be carried out. Before this time the men may appeal to the High Court and ask for clemency from the president.
On Tuesday this week, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur, Mukesh Singh and Pawan Gupta were found guilty of the rape and murder of the young woman in New Delhi back in December 2012. After previously appealing for a lighter sentence, defense lawyers said that if hanging the men prevents further incidents of rape in India, then they might choose not to appeal the ruling in the High Court.
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