President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping execution order on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take all necessary and lawful action” to ensure that states have enough lethal i

The newly inaugurated president's directive fulfills a key part of Project 2025's right-wing mandate for his administration.

President Donald Trump is ordering his attorney general to dramatically reverse Biden-era death penalty policy by seeking capital punishment for all qualifying crimes committed by unlawfully residing immigrants or in which law enforcement officers are murdered.

In convicting Sanjay Roy, Judge Anirban Das turned down a plea by prosecutors for the death penalty, saying he did not consider it a rare crime that might warrant capital punishment. He sentenced Roy on Monday to life in jail on counts of rape and murder.

The West Bengal government on Tuesday moved to the Calcutta High Court demanding capital punishment for the accused Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar rape and murder case, against the Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court order giving life imprisonment.

This sentence brings to memory Kerala's last execution, which took place in 1991 when ‘Ripper’ Chandran was hanged for a series of gruesome murders. Chandran earned the chilling moniker for his method of killing—breaking into houses and bludgeoning 14 people to death with a crowbar during robberies.

The Indian Medical Association and others express disappointment over a life imprisonment sentence for RG Kar Hospital convict, convicted of raping and murdering a trainee doctor in Kolkata. Calls for capital punishment resonate,

The West Bengal government has moved the Calcutta High Court seeking a death sentence for Sanjoy Roy, the accused in the RG Kar rape and murder case. This comes after a Sessions court sentenced Roy to life imprisonment, noting that the case didn't meet the "rarest of rare" criteria for capital punishment.

Medical professionals express disappointment over the life sentence given to Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar rape-murder case. FORDA and IMA leaders call for capital punishment, insisting the severity of the crime warrants a harsher penalty.

Expressing 'dissatisfaction' over a Kolkata court awarding life imprisonment to the convict in the RG Kar hospital case, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed the probe was 'forcibly' taken away from the state police.

President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order on the death penalty Monday, directing the attorney general to “take all necessary and lawful action” to ensure that states have enough lethal injection drugs to carry out executions.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on her 'X' handle criticised the verdict, and vowed to appeal against it before the High Court.