Three members of the same family were awarded the death penalty by an Additional District and Sessions Court in Haridwar (Uttarakhand) on 20 May 2022, for murdering their sister.

While not ruling out a return to the death penalty, National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang says imposing a life sentence will be more effective in the drive towards eradicating crimes and criminality in the society.

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema on 24 May 2022 announced he is making moves to abolish the death penalty in the country.

The main accused in the Nithari killings, Surinder Koli, on 19 May 2022 was awarded the death penalty by a special CBI court in Ghaziabad.

2021 saw a worrying rise in executions and death sentences as some of the world’s most prolific executioners returned to business as usual and courts were unshackled from Covid-19 restrictions, Amnesty International said on 24 May 2022 in its annual review of the death penalty.

A court in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district on 20 May 2022 sentenced two gangsters to death for murdering an NIA officer and his wife six years ago.