Some crimes horrify because of how they were committed. This one horrified a nation because of who committed it, and against whom. The case of Renuka Shinde and Seema Gavit forced India to confront a combination it was not prepared for: women, working as a family, who preyed on the most defenceless victims imaginable, young children. It is one of the most painful cases in the country's modern history, and also one of its most legally significant, ending in a courtroom decisio