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Protest outside a court in New Delhi September 10, 2013. Four men were found guilty on Tuesday of the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi last year (Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi)

We Can't Just Rely on Punishing Rapists as Criminals, Says Gender Justice Advocate

September 13, 2013

A New Delhi court on Friday handed down the death sentence to four men convicted of committing a brutal gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in December. Dean Peacock, executive director of the South African organization Sonke Gender Justice, says that while calling for the death penalty is understandable in so gruesome a case, it is not the most effective deterrent to future violence against women.

We Can't Just Rely on Punishing Rapists as Criminals, Says Gender Justice Advocate

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