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HANGING ON: From Parliament-attack convict Afzal Guru to Mumbai bomber Mohd Hanif, over 300 convicts on death row.

HANGING ON: From Parliament-attack convict Afzal Guru to Mumbai bomber Mohd Hanif, over 300 convicts on death row.

300 death row convicts hang on to life

The death sentence awarded to three accused in the 2003 Mumbai twin blasts puts the number of prisoners on death row in India to over 300. According to the Home Ministry, there are at least 28 prisoners at the final stage of seeking presidential pardon while the rest are awaiting results of appeals to courts. India last carried out a death sentence in 2004.

CAGED: Mohd Hanif Sayed along with his wife and Ashrat Shafique Ansari have been sentenced to death.

'03 Mumbai bombers get death

It has been 6 years to the twin blasts at Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar.

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