Rajiv killers: Should they hang?

For 20 years, these three men have lived behind bars, hoping to be forgiven one day. But that hasn't happened. Now forced to knock on the high court's doors, Perarivalan, Santhan and Murugan - the three men condemned to the gallows in the Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case - have managed to get a stay of eight weeks on their execution.

Rajiv assassination: TN Assembly calls for clemency for convicts

The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution for commuting the death sentence of the three convicts - A.G.Perarivalan alias Arivu, V.Sriharan alias Murugan and T.Suthendraraja alias Santhan - in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case to life sentence.

Chief Minister Jayalalithaa moved the resolution in this regard and the House unanimously adopted it. She said the resolution took into consideration the overwhelming sentiment of the people of Tamil Nadu who wanted her government to commute the death sentence. The resolution also requested the President of India to reconsider the mercy petitions filed by the three convicts and to commute the death sentence to life.