A man in Lucknow, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, on 29 September 2021 was sentenced to death by the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court for the rape and murder of his five-month-and-thirteen-days-old niece.

At least 277 executions in Iran so far in 2021

For murder

81 executions for drug related crimes

On rape charges

Two convicts who were handed out death penalty for raping a minor girl got life in jail, without remission, on 7 September 2021 as the Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court rejected their appeals but commuted the capital punishment to life term.

A young man who murdered his mother in 2015, a high-profile case as he was a student at the prestigious Peking University, was sentenced to death by a court in Fuzhou, East China's Fujian Province, on 26 August 2021.

186th Death-Row Exoneration Since 1973

Naji for drugs, Samadi for murder

Three people have been sentenced to death after they were found guilty of killing four people, Daily News reported on 29 September 2021.

A Gaibandha court on 17 August 2021 morning sentenced a man to death in a case over his involvement in smuggling heroin.