165 sentenced to death in 2022, highest in 2 decades

Trial courts in the country sentenced 165 people to death in 2022, the highest in a year in the last two decades. This is up from 146 prisoners who were sent to death row in 2021. In almost a third of the capital punishment cases, the offender had committed a sexual crime. At the end of 2022, 539 were on death row, the highest since 2016.

source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/165-sentenced-to-death-in-2022-highest-in-2-decades/articleshow/97424728.cms

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