The People’s Court of the southern border province of Tay Ninh on 2 March 2021 handed down the death penalty to a Nigerian man for illegally transporting nearly 4kg of meth, in line with the 2015 Criminal Code.

A man who electrocuted, then bludgeoned his mother to death to claim an insurance payout so he could buy a flat was executed on 24 February 2021 in China.

For murder

Naser Khafajian, Ali Khasraji, Hossein Silawi and Jasem Heidary

Eleven prisoners, all convicted of murder by criminal courts, on 2 March 2021 were executed by prison authorities at Alexandria’s Borg al-Arab Prison.

A prisoner was reportedly executed on 1 March 2021 morning in Damanhour, Egypt.

study by the Sentencing Project

1.465 people are serving JLWOP

A Narayanganj court on 28 February 2021 sentenced two accused to death after 13 years of the four sensational murders in Fatullah of Narayanganj.

The Federal Court in Putrajaya on 1 March 2021 upheld the conviction and death sentence of a former tow truck driver for the murder of Arab-Malaysian Bank (AmBank) founder Hussain Ahmad Najadi in 2013.

South Korean lawmakers on 26 February 2021 passed a bill at the plenary session of the National Assembly to revise a law dealing with penalties for child abuse, making it possible for child abusers to be convicted of murder even if they did not intend to cause death.

He was charged with murder