35-year-jail term replaces death
February 27, 2014  12:50
The Supreme Court has set aside a rape-and-murder convict's death penalty and handed him an unprecedented 35-year life term without remission in a case settled by the judiciary in only 14 months.

Life terms normally mean life behind bars, with a provision for release on remission after at least 14 years. But in this case, the court said Madhya Pradesh's Rajkumar shall not be freed before 35 years.  Read
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