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In India, death penalty is given in the rarest of rare cases by the court. Death penalty can be imposed only in the gravest cases taking into account the aggravating and mitigating circumstances of the case and paying due regard to the circumstances of the offence. In addition to the judicial system, views of general citizens of the country also contribute toward the retention or rejection of capital punishment.
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Family income and other individual and contextual variables were controlled to compute this result.
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Those with high income were less likely to support death penalty.
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Percentages under reasons for support do not add to 100% since this was a multiple response item.
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For more research on “closure,” refer to the chapter on “Psychosocial Factors Associated with Death Penalty” in this book.
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For details of the Jessica Lal case see http://indianexpress.com/article/what-is/what-is-the-jessica-lal-murder-case/.
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Sahni, S.P., Junnarkar, M. (2020). Public Opinion on Death Penalty: An Indian Study. In: The Death Penalty. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3129-3_6
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