02 May 2016 :
Saudi Arabia executed a citizen convicted of murder, taking to 89 the number of death sentences carried out in the Gulf kingdom this year. Saad al-Zahrani was found guilty of shooting dead a fellow Saudi in a dispute. The sentence was carried out in the Red Sea city of Jeddah.
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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