A 42% Surge Compared to 1402

A 37-year-old married doctor who murdered and dismembered his mistress was sentenced to death by the People’s Court in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam on March 18, 2025.

The Intermediate People's Court of China’s Linyang City has confirmed the execution of a death sentence for a man convicted of producing and trafficking 200 kg of methamphetamine, Caliber.az reported on March 23, 2025.

A court in Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan, on March 24, 2025 sentenced two men to death for the murder of Maria Bibi, who was killed by her father and brother in March 2024.

The number of Indian nationals facing the death penalty in the United Arab Emirates, with sentences yet to be implemented, stands at 25, the central government informed Parliament on March 20, 2025.

Hussein Hassan Mahmoud Ma'da, a soldier in the Somali National Army, has been sentenced to death by firing squad for the murder of Sergeant Major Shafi'i Mohamed Hansi Ali, a group commander, HOL reported on March 26, 2025.

Sending it to governor

A Dhaka tribunal has sentenced three individuals to death in connection with the gang rape and murder of a teenage girl in Keraniganj, Dhaka, three years ago.

A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4m in compensation, an official said on March 24, 2025.