The Supreme Court has refused to review its judgment delivered on April 19, commuting the death sentence to a man, for rape and murder of a four-year-old girl, to life term.Commuting the sentence, the top court had said: "We are reminded .
Laypersons do not know there is no law to protect the victims’ families of heinous crimes from being mentally tortured to seek justice after their breadwinners have been killed. They are in the hands of a prosecution comprising venal police officers and overworked public prosecutors.
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The death sentence handed down to man convicted for killing a 4-year-old girl after raping her, was commuted by the Supreme Court to life imprisonment.