Indonesian National Police Chief Idham Azis said on 2 July 2020 that around 100 drug offenders across the country have been given capital punishment since the beginning of this year.

Billy Joe Wardlow was executed on July 8, 2020 in Texas, the first execution in the Lone Star State following a five-month delay during the coronavirus pandemic.

An Osun State High Court sitting in Ile-Ife on 7 July 2020 sentenced a 37-year-old man, Ogunyemi Oluleke, to death by hanging for murder.

According to Iranian Human Rights, at least three prisoners - Mostafa Mohammadi, Milad Kheradmand and Hossein Jalalvand - were executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj on the morning of 1 July 2020.

An Abeokuta High Court in Ogun State on 7 July 2020 sentenced one Lukeman Kuti to death by hanging for armed robbery.

A 38-year-old man was sentenced to death on 6 July 2020 in a rape and murder case by a district court in south Bengal’s East Burdwan district, police said.