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Indian Court Upholds Death Penalty for 2012 Gang Rape

by VOA News

   India's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences for three of four
   men found guilty of a fatal gang rape in 2012.

   Last year the Supreme Court upheld the Delhi High Court's death penalty
   for the men.

   The men filed a review petition, saying their death sentences amounted
   to "cold-blooded killing in the name of justice." The court dismissed
   that review petition Monday.

   A fourth man who received the death penalty for the rape has not filed
   a review petition.

   Six men were charged in the rape. One was found dead in his jail cell.
   Another defendant, who was 17 at the time of the attack, was sentenced
   to three years in a reform home -- the maximum sentience he could
   receive.

   The rape of the 23-year-old woman in Delhi received international
   headlines. She was also assaulted with an iron bar. She died of severe
   organ failure after suffering internal injuries and brain damage in the
   rape. She died two weeks after the attack.

   The woman's attack set off furious protests across India about the
   treatment of women in the country and led to an overhaul of India's
   sexual assault laws.