Four guilty of bus gang rape that sickened India

AFP ^ | 9/10/2013

[markomalley]

An Indian court convicted four men Tuesday of the gang rape and murder of a student on a New Delhi bus in a crime that sickened the nation and led to new laws to tackle endemic sex crime.

Judge Yogesh Khanna said the men, who could now face the death penalty, were guilty of murdering a "helpless victim" last December as he announced that arguments for sentencing of the four would be held on Wednesday.

"I convict all of the accused," Khanna said. "They have been found guilty of gang rape, unnatural offences, destruction of evidence... and for committing the murder of the helpless victim."

The four -- Mukesh Singh, Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma -- had all pleaded not guilty to the charges, which included murder, gang rape and theft.

The men, all of whose faces were revealed for the first time on Tuesday, were economic migrants living in or around a south Delhi slum who were drawn to the city to escape grinding rural poverty.

[Balding_Eagle]

were economic migrants living in or around a south Delhi slum who were drawn to the city to escape grinding rural poverty.

Obviously innocent in the eyes of thw writer.

[JohnD9207]

Unnatural offenses huh? Gee never get away with that in America these days.

[TexasFreeper2009]

the one underage perp only got THREE YEARS! since that is the max penalty for a minor in India.

I AM SICK OF THE WAY WE CODDLE MINORS!!!!!

If you are old enough to rape and murder someone, you are old enough to pay the price!!

[outofsalt]

Bus gang rape?
Maybe if they had gang raped a smart car they would have gotten away with it.

[Mr. K]

I think we need to reclassify certain crimes as automatically tried under adult status

Children steal candy bars, and should not get lifelong punishment for that, but murder or rape should be an adult crime

Especially since adult gangs are HIRING youth to commit these crimes because if they get caught they know they are free at age 18