Statistics and studies over the years show the death penalty has had a deterrent effect on some serious crimes in Singapore, said Minister for Home Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam on 5 October 2020.

The headless body of Kim Jong Un’s executed uncle was displayed to senior North Korean officials, U.S. President Donald Trump told the author of an upcoming book on the U.S. president, Afp reported on 12 September 2020.

IRAN - Narges Mohammadi was released from Zanjan Central Prison

A former sawmill worker who raped a nurse after slashing the woman on the neck will be hanged for her death, having failed in his last attempt to set aside the death sentence, after the Federal Court of Putrajaya dismissed his appeal on 7 October 2020.

The United Nations (UN) on 7 October 2020 revealed that some of the 15 oppositionists executed by the Egyptian authorities on charges of terrorism, violence and incitement to murder were tortured and did not receive fair trials.

The Gaza Court of First Instance on 6 October 2020 sentenced to death a citizen (M.A.), Human Rights and Democracy Media Center “SHAMS"/ Palestine reported.

A Delhi court on 6 October 2020 awarded death penalty to a 32-year man for killing an 11-year-old child after kidnapping him in 2009, saying the act was “cruel and gruesome and did not deserve leniency”.

Egyptian authorities executed 23 detainees, 15 of whom were political prisoners, over the weekend (3-4 October 2020), the Middle East Monitor reported on 5 October 2020.

A high court in Pakistan on 6 October 2020 acquitted a Christian man who had been sentenced to death on blasphemy charges in 2014.

The Supreme Court on 6 October 2020 commuted the death penalties of three convicts to imprisonment till natural death in the Gopal Krishna Muhuri murder case.

A Houthi court in Yemen on 1st October 2020 sentenced 10 people to death, including US President Donald Trump, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and his son Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Arabi21 reported.

Texas’ highest criminal court on September 23, 2020 commuted the death sentence of an inmate after agreeing with findings that he was ineligible to be executed because of an intellectual disability.