426 rapers were given death penalty in 2018: Data
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It was very much required in India to make strict laws related to rape and since the laws became strict, ‘Death Penalty in India: Annual Statistics Report 2018’ revealed that in 2018, 426 were given a death sentence for doing rape. Death sentences given by trial courts to 162 people in the last year are the highest in a calendar year since 2000. No death sentences were pronounced in 8 states including Goa.