NEW DELHI: Four men were executed on Friday (March 20) for the gang rape and murder of a young woman in Delhi in December 2012, bringing closure to a case that shone the spotlight on widespread sexual violence faced by women in India.
A lone hangman carried out the executions after courts rejected last-minute pleas by the convicts' lawyers, with the hearings going till late Thursday night.
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