Delhi Conviction Won't End India's Rape Epidemic
The Delhi rape case has laid bare to Indians the
darkness and violence within their society.
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India was convulsed by grief, outrage and shame Tuesday afterfive men accused in a brutal assault in December 2012 were found guilty of rape and cold-blooded murder.
As the eight-month trial came to an end, the country paid tribute one last time to the 23-year-old physiotherapy student who paid with her life for an evening out in the nation's capital last year. Brutalized on a moving bus by six assailants, among them a juvenile, and dumped unconscious on a deserted street, the woman fought for her life for almost two weeks before succumbing to her injuries.