Death penalty is cold-blooded killing: Nirbhaya rapists to SC
Four of the men convicted in the 2012 Nirbhaya rape case have appealed to the Supreme Court against their death sentence, terming it "cold-blooded killing in the name of justice". SC was hearing their plea on reducing punishment, but reserved its order. It upheld the death sentence in 2017, stating, "If ever a case called for hanging, this was it."