including torture,public executions, collective punishment, and the imposition of the death penalty for political and religious reasons.

VOA: standard.2009.11.20

Were you surprised by this verdict for life instead of the imposition of the death penalty?

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Many Kashmiris believe he is innocent, and are incensed by the (very rare) imposition of the death penalty and by the date fixed for its execution: the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan.

ECONOMIST: India and Pakistan

He says a referendum would better inform the voters of his state, many of whom would be shocked not at the imposition the death penalty, but about how rarely it is used.

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