President Patil saved rapist murderers from death penalty

Pratibha Patil, when she was President, commuted the death sentences of seven rapist-murderers to life imprisonment following the mercy petitions filed by them. All their mercy petitions were accepted on the recommendation of the Ministry of Home Affairs, then headed by P. Chidambaram. These criminals are Dharmendra Singh, Narendra Yadav, Bantu and Satish (Uttar Pradesh); Molai Ram, Santosh Yadav (Madhya Pradesh)...

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