27 April 2007 :
in Iran, two men convicted of drug trafficking were hanged in Tehran's main prison. The Tehran Emrouz newspaper report identified the pair only as Ali and Reza, and stated that they went to the gallows for smuggling 480 kgs of morphine and 2,330 kgs of opium.
Okara court of additional session judge (ASJ) on March 27, 2025 handed down capital punishment to a man, along with Rs0.5 million fine, in a murder case, besides seven-year jail term under Arms Ordinance, with 20,000 fine, in the same case.
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According to the latest data published by Project 39A in its Death Penalty in India: Annual Statistics Report, in 2024 sessions courts imposed 139 death sentences, higher than the yearly average since 2016.
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