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more-inThe Supreme Court on Monday reserved for judgment appeals filed by four death row convicts against death penalty in the December 16, 2012 gang-rape and murder case. “They haven’t given any mitigating circumstances which could warrant reduction of the sentence from death penalty which was awarded to them,” Mr.
Luthra argued. Push for death penaltyThe arguments ended with senior advocate Siddharth Luthra, appearing for the Delhi Police, strongly pushing for death penalty for the convicts as a proportionate punishment for their “brutal crime”. Amicus and senior advocate Raju Ramachandran, however, opposed, asking the court to consider sentencing the convicts to a life in prison. Sharma, appearing for the convicts, asked the court to consider their family background and young age as mitigating factors..