{"id":38450,"date":"2015-07-23T09:10:34","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T09:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=38450"},"modified":"2015-07-23T09:10:34","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T09:10:34","slug":"yakub-memon-seeks-death-sentence-execution-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/yakub-memon-seeks-death-sentence-execution-stay","title":{"rendered":"Yakub Memon seeks death sentence execution stay"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38451\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38451\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/yakub.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38451\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/yakub-memon-seeks-death-sentence-execution-stay\/yakub\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/yakub.jpg?fit=218%2C163&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"218,163\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"yakub\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/yakub.jpg?fit=218%2C163&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/yakub.jpg?fit=218%2C163&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-38451 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/yakub.jpg?resize=218%2C163&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Yakub Memon seeks death sentence execution stay\" width=\"218\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yakub Memon seeks death sentence execution stay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the sole death row convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, today moved the Supreme Court seeking stay of execution of his death sentence\u00a0scheduled for July 30.<\/p>\n<p>Memon, in his petition said that all legal remedies have not been exhausted and he has also approached the Maharastra Governor with a plea for mercy.<\/p>\n<p>He had filed the mercy plea before the Governor immediately after his curative petition was dismissed by the apex court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the sole death row convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, today moved the Supreme Court seeking stay of execution of his death sentence\u00a0scheduled for July 30. 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