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India Sets Executions For The Four Men Convicted In New Delhi Bus Rape And Murder

The men were convicted of the notorious 2012 attack on a college student who has become known in Indian media as "Nirbhaya," or "Fearless."

A court in India has issued a death warrant for four men convicted in the fatal 2012 gang rape of a college student on a New Delhi bus, a crime that sparked huge demonstrations and a nationwide reckoning over sexual violence in India.

The men are scheduled to be executed by hanging at 7 a.m. on Jan. 22, the court in New Delhi announced on Tuesday. India's president

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