Topic: Gang Rape

Juvenile Accused in Delhi Gang Rape May Only Get Three Years

Reuters

The Indian Juvenile Justice board ruled Monday that one of the suspects in a fatal gang rape last month will be tried as a juvenile—and if convicted, the worst sentence he can face for the will be three years in a detention facility. 

By Alexander Abad-Santos

Jan 17, 2013

The New Delhi Rape Suspects Are Facing Fast Trouble in the Courts — and Prison

Despite the ongoing and controversial efforts of their lawyers to paint the alleged attackers as victims, it looks like swift justice will hammer down on the men accused of gang-raping a woman on a bus in New Delhi — and there's already been a prison fight.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Jan 15, 2013

7-Year-Old Victim in School Bathroom at Center of India's Growing Rape Protests

The emotional divide between increasingly ugly new accusations and apparently unflinching politicians expanded on Tuesday, as thousands of protestors took to the Indian state of Goa over reports that seven-year-old girl was raped in a school restroom.

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