Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state on 31 December 2022 invoked his Constitutional power of Prerogative of Mercy to free seven inmates of the Correctional Center serving various terms of imprisonment, just as he commuted seven death sentences to life imprisonment as part of new year celebration.

The High Court of Shah Alam, Malaysia, on 4 January 2023 sentenced three men to death after finding them guilty of trafficking a total of 585.1gm of drugs into the country four years ago.

Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have issued 350 death sentences since seizing power in a 2014 coup.

Hamid Qareh Hasanlou, Hossein Mohammadi and Reza Arya

Location not mentioned

Ghassem Fathollahi

On bail

Arshia Takdastan