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| NEW DELHI — The Indian Supreme Court on Saturday temporarily stayed the executions of two of the four men sentenced to death in the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi in 2012, an attack that set off a public outcry and mass protests in India over violence against women in the country. | NEW DELHI — The Indian Supreme Court on Saturday temporarily stayed the executions of two of the four men sentenced to death in the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi in 2012, an attack that set off a public outcry and mass protests in India over violence against women in the country. |
| The Supreme Court stayed the executions until March 31, when the court will hold a hearing on the case. If the court rejects their appeal and upholds the death sentences, the two men can still apply for a mercy petition directly from the president of India. | The Supreme Court stayed the executions until March 31, when the court will hold a hearing on the case. If the court rejects their appeal and upholds the death sentences, the two men can still apply for a mercy petition directly from the president of India. |
| A lower court convicted and sentenced the four men in September. A juvenile who was also convicted but is exempt from the death penalty was sentenced to a maximum term of three years in prison. | A lower court convicted and sentenced the four men in September. A juvenile who was also convicted but is exempt from the death penalty was sentenced to a maximum term of three years in prison. |
| On Thursday, the Delhi High Court upheld the death sentences of all four men convicted in the case, citing the brutality of the crime. | |
| Though many people, including the victim’s parents, called for the perpetrators to be hanged, some human rights advocates object to the death penalty on principle. | Though many people, including the victim’s parents, called for the perpetrators to be hanged, some human rights advocates object to the death penalty on principle. |
| “I oppose the death penalty even in this case,” said Vrinda Grover, a women’s rights advocate and lawyer. “I do not see the death penalty as a solution against routine and systematic violence against women, including sexual violence.” | “I oppose the death penalty even in this case,” said Vrinda Grover, a women’s rights advocate and lawyer. “I do not see the death penalty as a solution against routine and systematic violence against women, including sexual violence.” |