Supreme Court wants constitution bench to set norms for death sentences

Emphasising lack of uniformity in approach and differences of opinion on how to proceed and analyse mitigating circumstances, while awarding death sentence to a convict by courts, the Supreme Court on Monday referred the issue to a five-judge bench Constitution bench for a comprehensive and authoritative adjudication.

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