Death Sentence for Mumbai Gunman Upheld by India’s Supreme Court
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India’s top court upheld the death sentence given to the Pakistani gunman convicted of waging war during the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks that killed 166 people.
After 10 weeks of appeal hearings, a two-judge Supreme Court panel led by Aftab Alam rejected defense arguments that Mohammed Ajmal Kasab had been denied a free and fair trial, ruling that the court had “no other option except to award the death penalty.”