SC commutes death sentence for Rajiv Gandhi killers

February 18, 2014 10:47

Just in: The Supreme Court has commuted the death sentence to life for the three death row convicts in the assassination of former PM Rajiv Gandhi.

The judgement was delivered by a bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam.

The bench had reserved its verdict on the plea of three convicts -- Santhan, Murugan and Perarivalan -- on February 4. Their plea was strongly opposed by Attorney General Goolam E Vahanvati, who argued that it was not a fit case for the top court since there was "not a word of remorse" in the convicts' petition for mercy.

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