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Asha Devi, mother of the victim of the fatal 2012 gang rape on a moving bus, displays a victory sign after the rapists of her daughter were hanged, in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 20, 2020. Four men were sentenced to capital punishment for the 2012 gang-rape of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student on a moving bus in New Delhi have been executed. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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India hangs 4 men convicted for fatal New Delhi gang rape
March 19, 2020 9:27 p.m.

India hangs 4 men convicted for fatal New Delhi gang rape

NEW DELHI (AP) — Four men sentenced to death for the gruesome gang rape and murder of a woman on a New Delhi bus in 2012 were hanged Friday, concluding a case that exposed the scope of sexual violence in India and prompted horrified Indians to demand swift justice.