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Detailed explanation-1: -NEW DELHI: Rajasthan assembly today passed an amendment bill awarding death penalty for convicts involved in the rape of girls below 12 years of age.

Detailed explanation-2: -Recently, a criminal reforms advocacy group with the National Law University, Delhi released a report on the death penalty in India.

Detailed explanation-3: -Section 354(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides a method to execute the death penalty, i.e., “Hanging by the neck until dead.” Recently, the convicts of the Nirbhaya case were hanged until death in Tihar Jail.