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A government panel reviewing India’s sex crime laws after the fatal gang-rape of a student in New Delhi proposed tougher jail terms, but stopped short of calling for the death sentence. A panel member said the maximum sentence for gang-rape should be raised to a full life term, meaning convicts must spend the the rest of their lives behind bars. Other recommendations include maximum sentences of 7 years for stripping a woman, 3 years for stalking, 4 years for groping and 7 years for voyeurism, or spying on women. India’s 153-year-old penal code currently stipulates rapists should serve a minimum of 7 years in prison and a maximum life term — normally commuted to 10-14 years in practice.
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