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Delhi gang-rape suspects charged in court

Police formally charged five men Thursday with the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old student, a crime which appalled India and led to national soul-searching about the treatment of women.

Musicians play John Lennon's "Imagine" in a memorial tribute to the 23-year old Indian gang rape victim, during a mass guitar ensemble played by some 600 guitarists in Darjeeling on January 3, 2013. Police formally charged five men Thursday with the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old student, a crime which appalled India and led to national soul-searching about the treatment of women.

Police filed a string of charges including murder, rape and kidnapping against the suspects, listing evidence in a confidential 1,000-page document submitted to a district court in the south of the capital New Delhi.

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  • Discussion 1 : 03 Jan 2013 at 17.191

    Now how many of you are still against the death penalty?

    I would like to see six public executions with the media invited to broadcast them.

    I have heard the arguments that the death penalty is not a deterent to crime (and I don't buy it), but it certainly prevents repeat offenders.

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