The Supreme Court of India, on Friday 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
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