Nupur Bhatt, LL.M., National Law University Odisha
INTRODUCTION
Rape is heinous crime all across the world. All civilized nations have formulated their own laws to overcome such grave offence.1 Its impact on the victims is dreadful because it affects the person physically, mentally, emotionally.2 Women had no rights and were treated like mere property for the most of history, hence rape was only considered a crime in terms of violating another man's property. In both India and USA rape is a heinous offence and is punished with imprisonment. However, both the countries have some procedural differences to approach sentencing of a criminal. This assignment delves into the basics of how sentencing of individuals who are convicted of rape in India and the United States follows.
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