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Over the years, The Square Circle Clinic's work has drawn coverage from journalists and outlets across the country. This page is a running record of that engagement, spanning news, audio, and video.
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21 Nov 25
Capital punishment highest in murder cases, sexual violence next: Death penalty lawyer Shreya Rastogi
Indian Express
2025
09 Jul 24
More Indians Spending Longer Times On Death Row Is Torture—Prof Anup Surendranath
Outlook India
2024
21 Jul 22
India is slowly killing its death row prisoners without actually hanging them
Quartz
2022
29 May 20
Study explores drivers of death terms
Hindustan Times
2020
12 May 20
Death Penalty Sentencing in India's Trial Courts: Confusion in the Apex Court Wreaks Havoc in Courts Below
LiveLaw
Death Penalty
2020
12 May 20
In most death penalty cases, court invoked ‘collective conscience’ of society: Study
Indian Express
Death Penalty
2020
29 Jan 20
We villainise rapists to exonerate ourselves: Anup Surendranath on the futility of the death penalty
Caravan
2020
27 Jan 20
Death Penalty For Sexual Offences Up 53% In 2018, But Most Rape Cases Stuck At Trial
IndiaSpend
2020
16 Jan 20
Most death sentences given in cases related to sexual offences
Times of India
2020
16 Jan 20
Death sentence for rape-murder in 2019 highest in 4 years: NLU report
Hindu
2020
16 Jan 20
Telling Numbers: In 2019, fewer death sentences overall
Indian Express
2020
15 Jan 20
Report: Drop in death sentences awarded by trial courts
Indian Express
2020
17 Feb 19
Death sentences by lower courts hit 20 year high
Times of India
2019
06 Feb 19
162 death penalties imposed by trial courts in 2018, highest in two decades
Hindu
2019
01 Feb 19
Most death sentences since 2000: NLU Project 39A’s report on Death Penalty
Bar and Bench
2019
28 Jan 19
MP issued most death sentences in 2018 — a result of harsher child rape law
Print
2019
28 Jan 19
India is too hasty with capital punishment
Telegraph India
2019
26 Jan 19
The Big Bloody Year: 162 Death Sentences in 2018 Make it Highest in Nearly Two Decades
News18
2019
23 Jan 19
After stricter law on child rape, death sentences hit two-decade high
Indian Express
2019
20 Dec 18
It is time to rethink the death penalty
Hindustan Times
2018
13 Dec 18
Is it time to abolish the death penalty?
Hindu
2018
31 Jul 18
Death penalty is inadmissible in all cases, says Pope Francis
Scroll
2018
08 Jul 18
Death given, fate awaited: A look of convicts awaiting the noose in India
New Indian Express
2018
07 Jul 18
Death penalty is nothing more than political execution, Nirbhaya case isn’t different
Print
2018
16 Jun 18
Life on Death Row
Vice
2018
22 May 18
NLU Delhi’s death penalty project, now with 20 full-time staff, rebrands, widens scope to include Article 39-A, equal justice
Legally India
2018
21 May 18
Indian child killer sentenced to death 23 days after arrest, raises fears over trial fairness
Reuters
2018
11 May 18
Punishment in Indore rape and murder case opens up need for debate on death penalty
Hindustan Times
2018
29 Apr 18
The case against death penalty
Newslaundry
2018
25 Apr 18
Why The Death Penalty Just Needs To Go. For Good.
Feminism In India
2018
22 Apr 18
Why The Death Penalty For Child Rape Does Not Mean Swifter, Better Justice
IndiaSpend
2018
21 Apr 18
Death poor deterrent: Three per cent convictions, 94% accused know victims in child rape cases
Indian Express
2018
21 Apr 18
Death penalty will only silence victims of child sexual abuse'
The Week
2018
20 Apr 18
Will death penalty be a deterrent? Speed up trials to tighten the noose, say experts
India Today
2018
15 Apr 18
Death penalty fast-food solution for rape: Experts
Times of India
2018
11 Apr 18
Indian courts gave 109 death sentences in 2017 but none executed: Amnesty
Hindustan Times
2018
21 Mar 18
Criminal justice system in India skewed against the poor; judiciary losing credibility due to repeated legal oversights
Firstpost
2018
07 Feb 18
Some Indian states are considering the death penalty for child rapists. But will it be effective?
Scroll
2018
01 Feb 18
BJP govt doesn’t want death penalty for those raping children, but party MP would like it for those killing cows
DailyO
2018
23 Jan 18
371 Convicts In Death Row By 2017 End, 27% Dip From 2016: Centre On Death Penalty (NLU-D) Report
LiveLaw
2018
07 Jan 18
32% of ex-SC judges believe police torture is a necessary evil, reveal NLU Delhi talks to 60 ex-judges on the death penalty
Legally India
2018
19 Dec 17
Death penalty is a form of torture. Abolish it
Hindustan Times
2017
08 Dec 17
Ex-SC judges believe use of torture is prevalent in criminal justice system
Indian Express
2017
07 Dec 17
NLU-D Centre On Death Penalty Releases ‘Matters Of Judgment’ Report On Award Of Capital Punishment
LiveLaw
2017
04 Dec 17
Death penalty for child rapists in Madhya Pradesh: Govt should instead focus on preventive measures
Firstpost
2017
15 Nov 17
Does the Supreme Court Really Have to Decide It All?
The Wire
2017
23 Oct 17
Indian Medical Association asks that doctors be excused from participating in execution of convicts
Scroll
2017
10 Oct 17
SC Expresses Shock Over Non-Release Of Undertrials Despite Recommendations
LiveLaw
2017
30 Jul 17
Counterpoint: The President of India’s power to pardon is not an anachronism
Scroll
2017
24 Jul 17
Why It’s Dangerous To Assume That The President Of India Is Just A Figurehead
Huffington Post
2017
29 Jun 17
The Quality of Mercy
Caravan
2017
16 Jun 17
President Rejects Mercy Petitions Of Five Death-Row Convicts In Two Days
LiveLaw
2017
29 May 17
Viewpoint: Why death penalty is not the answer to sexual violence in India
BBC
2017
15 May 17
Guilty. What Next? – How Courts Decide Between Life Imprisonment and Capital Punishment
The Wire
2017
11 May 17
Delhi gang rape verdict: By invoking ‘collective conscience’, the Supreme Court sidestepped justice
Scroll
2017
09 May 17
Should we do away with Capital Punishment?
Hindu
2017
06 May 17
Bilkis Bano vs Nirbhaya: All That’s Wrong With Capital Punishment
Quint
2017
06 May 17
Capital punishment to Nirbhaya rapists revives death penalty debate
DNA
2017
03 May 17
Nirbhaya gangrape case: Death penalty does not deter crime, say activists
Asian Age
2017
02 May 17
Gandhian studies will not save rapist, killer of 4-yr-old from the noose
Times of India
2017
10 Apr 17
India Registers 136 Death Sentences In 2016, Up From 70 In 2015
LiveLaw
2017
06 Apr 17
A Systemic Trend In India In Awarding Death Penalty Against Marginalized Populations: Dr.Anup Surendranath
LiveLaw
2017
01 Apr 17
US State Department Report Highlights India's Human Rights Violations, Actions Against Civil Society Groups
The Wire
2017
20 Mar 17
Death Penality to be abolished in India? Here’s what Law Commission has to say
Financial Express
2017
09 Mar 17
Bill For Absolute Right To Appeal In Death Penalty Cases Introduced In Lok Sabha
LiveLaw
2017
02 Mar 17
Hasty trial court rulings spike up death penalty decisions
Firstpost
2017
01 Mar 17
Hard cases and good law
Indian Express
2017
27 Feb 17
SC heard seven death penalty appeals in 2016, confirmed none
Indian Express
2017
26 Feb 17
Analysing current states of death: 2016 death row spikes led by murder & West Bengal • SC oscillates the other way
Legally India
2017
26 Feb 17
It is 7-0 against death penalty in Supreme Court last year, NLU-D Centre on the Death Penalty Report
Bar and Bench
2017
26 Feb 17
Spike In Award Of Death Sentences: Says Centre For Death Penalty In Annual Statistical Report For 2016 [Read Report]
LiveLaw
2017
29 Nov 16
Conditions in Death Row Are a Recipe For Mental Health Disasters
The Wire
2016
22 May 16
The bias of death penalty against the economically vulnerable
Indian Express
2016
07 May 16
Youngest prisoner on death row now cleared of charges
Indian Express
2016
06 May 16
India's death row prisoners face horrific conditions, study finds
Guardian
2016
06 May 16
Death Sentences in India Usually End in Question Marks, Study Finds
New York Times
2016
06 May 16
Over 70% convicts face inhuman torture, forced anal penetration: study
Deccan Chronicle
2016
05 May 16
Death penalty report: Shift focus to plight of victims also, say jurists
Indian Express
2016
05 May 16
Capital punishment in India: 385 persons identified as prisoners on death row
Indian Express
2016
05 May 16
Most on death row are poor, from backward caste groups, minorities: Law University report
Indian Express
2016
05 May 16
RS members debate abolition of death penalty
Indian Express
2016
03 May 16
Creating Conversations on the Death Penalty in India
The Wire
2016
31 Oct 15
CHRI Newsletter
CHRI
2015
07 Aug 15
Here's proof that poor get gallows, rich mostly escape
Times of India
2015
26 Jul 15
72 Muslims Hanged in India against 1,342 Hindus and Others
New Indian Express
2015
26 Jul 15
Death as life experience
Times of India
2015
25 Jul 15
Yakub Memon hanging: Are we using death penalty far too often?
DailyO
2015
24 Jul 15
Supreme Court to hear Yakub Memon's plea for execution of his death sentence
Zee News
2015
22 Jul 15
Days from an execution, India faces questions over death penalty
LA Times
Death Penalty
2015
22 Jul 15
‘Mercy plea, fitness level only options left against death’
Times of India
2015
21 Jul 15
Yakub Memon Might Not Be Hanged Yet; He Still Has Options
Quint
2015
20 Jul 15
Trial courts give death freely, but just 5% confirmed
Hindu
2015
29 May 15
NLU Delhi, Grover, Ramachandran get SC to quash death penalty of killing couple, 2 days after stay
Legally India
2015
27 May 15
“Right to dignity also extends to the death row convicts”; SC quashes warrant for execution of death sentence issued in undue haste
LiveLaw
2015
05 Apr 15
The Adambhai campaign
Two Circles
2015
02 Apr 15
270 on death row in India, 64 sentenced last year: Amnesty
Hindu
2015
01 Apr 15
India one of top 10 nations where death sentences were handed out last year
Times of India
2015
30 Mar 15
India: Execution of Yakub Memon will be regressive
Amnesty International
2015
25 Mar 15
Playing god blindfolded
DNA
2015
22 Feb 15
At symposium to abolish death penalty, Jethmalani defends it
Hindu
2015