The number of death row inmates whose death sentences were commuted by the Supreme Court in India to a lighter punishment, such as imprisonment to life, amounted to seven in the year 2022. Prisoners whose crimes were murder formed the largest share of those who were given the death penalty under the Indian judicial system in 2022.
Number of death row prisoners in Supreme Court of India in 2022, by verdict type
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Project 39A. (January 30, 2023). Number of death row prisoners in Supreme Court of India in 2022, by verdict type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103606/india-inmates-on-death-row-in-supreme-court-by-verdict-type/
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