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Policemen stand guard at the entrance of Tihar central prison where four men were sentenced to capital punishment in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 20, 2020. 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 against women in India and prompted horrified Indians to demand swift justice. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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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.