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#DeathForChildRapists a poor deterrent: Presently only 3% convictions, 94% accused know victims in child rape cases indianexpress.com/article/india/…
Of the 64,138 child rape cases in courts in 2016, 1,869 cases — less than 3%— ended in convictions. The poor conviction rate shows that death penalty - which comes at the sentencing stage, post-convictions — will mean little to a vast majority of the victims
Of the total cases of rape of women & children before the police in 2016, in over 94% cases, the offender was known to the victim. Death penalty will deter victim from reporting rape if the offender is close family member
