On Friday,
India's Supreme Court upheld a lower court's decision to sentence four men
convicted of a gang rape to death by execution. Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur,
Pawan
Gupta and Mukesh Singh were originally sentenced in September 2013, but
they appealed the decision in the country's top court. Another perpetrator was
underage at the time and received a lesser sentence, while a sixth attacker
died in prison.
The case led
to protests across India and intense media coverage around the world, shining a
light on India's pervasive problem of sexual violence against women.
The victim's
father, Badrinath Singh, told reporters outside the court that, 'we are very
happy that th Supreme Court has heard our voice, and that they understood
Nirbhaya's pain in this matter, and that along with Nirbhaya the whole country
has found justice'.
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