An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, on June 13, 2024 sentenced four persons to death by hanging for armed robbery, murder and conspiracy.

In commemoration of Democracy Day on June 12, 2024, the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, granted pardon to 13 inmates serving various jail terms in the state.

The Misrata Criminal Court has sentenced one person to death and imprisoned three others in the case of the murder of citizen Abdul Rahman Ali Ishteiwi, Libya Observer reported on June 13, 2024.

for the murders of two young girls

A Chattogram court on June 9, 2024 sentenced a youth to death for killing a five-year-old child at Mirsari upazila in the district in 2010.

Two men convicted of raping and murdering a 14-year-old girl in August last year - by burning her alive in a coal furnace - were sentenced to death on May 18, 2024 by a special court in Rajasthan's Bhilwara.

7th prisoner executed in the U.S. this year

In a recent ruling, the Kuwait Court of Cassation, led by Counselor Sultan Bouresli, has upheld the death penalty by hanging for two Iranian nationals convicted of attempting to smuggle 189 kilograms of hashish and psychotropic substances by sea from Kubbar Island, Arab Times reported on June 10, 2024.

An Iraqi court has sentenced seven individuals to death for drug trafficking, including one foreign national. The Central Criminal Court’s decision, announced on June 9, 2024 by the Supreme Judicial Council

Federal sentence