Capital Punishment

Death penalty awarded in extreme cases of honour killings under the Indian Penal Code.

1. Shoop v. Hill

2. Jurisdiction: United States (January 7, 2019)
3. VictimsRaymond FifeDefendantsDanny HillPlaintiffsTim ShoopProsecutorsDave YostDefense AttorneysFederal Public Defender for the Southern District of OhioPlaintiff AttorneysBenjamin M. FlowersJudgesSupreme Court of the United StatesInstitutionsSupreme Court of the United StatesUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitOhio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
4. Case Tags: Capital Punishment;Intellectual Disability;Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act;Atkins v. Virginia

1. Madison v. Alabama

2. Jurisdiction: United States (February 27, 2019)
3. VictimsJulius SchulteDefendantsVernon MadisonPlaintiffsState of AlabamaProsecutorsSteve MarshallDefense AttorneysBryan A. StevensonJudgesElena KaganInstitutionsU.S. Supreme CourtState of AlabamaEqual Justice Initiative
4. Case Tags: Capital Punishment;Eighth Amendment;Mental Competency;U.S. Supreme Court

1. Kahler v. Kansas

2. Jurisdiction: United States (March 23, 2020)
3. VictimsKaren KahlerEmily KahlerLauren KahlerDorothy WightDefendantsJames KahlerPlaintiffsState of KansasProsecutorsDerek SchmidtToby CrouseDefense AttorneysDebra J. WilsonJudgesElena KaganJohn G. Roberts, Jr.InstitutionsUnited States Supreme Court
4. Case Tags: Insanity Defense;Capital Punishment;U.S. Supreme Court;Fourteenth Amendment

1. Maharashtra Honour Killing Case

2. Jurisdiction: India (Maharashtra) (March 2025)
3. VictimsVandana PawarSantosh JagtapDefendantsDattatray PawarRajesh PawarPlaintiffsState of MaharashtraInvestigatorsInspector Anil DeshmukhProsecutorsSpecial Public Prosecutor Meera JoshiDefense AttorneysAdvocate Sunil BhandariJudgesJustice A.S. DharmadhikariInstitutionsMaharashtra PoliceSession Court of Nashik
4. Case Tags: Honour Killing;Inter-caste Marriage;Capital Punishment;Caste Violence