In a temporary relief to the family members of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse who has been sentenced to death in Yemen, the apex court in the country on August 29, 2020 accepted her appeal against the death penalty imposed against for murdering a Yemeni man.

Keith Nelson, 45, White, was executed on August 28, 2020 in the federal system.

Seven men residing in the northwestern border province of Dien Bien were sentenced to death on 21 August 2020 for drug trafficking.

USA - Mississippi. Based on DNA evicence conviction and death sentence of Eddie Lee Howard overturned

A military court in Somalia on 22 August 2020 sentenced a soldier to death by firing squad for killing a civilian in Southern Somalia.

USA - Florida. Robert Duboise, who had been sentenced to death in 1985, walked out of prison.

Al-Shabaab militants publicly executed four men on 23 August 2020 for spying for Somali intelligence agencies, Ethiopia, the U.S. and one working for the federal government according to the militants, which supports the Islamist group that's linked to al-Qaeda in El-Adde of Gedo region.

A court controlled by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah has sentenced 16 men to death for allegedly "spying for Saudi Arabia", Yemen Press agency reported on 25 August 2020.

A gold robber who killed three people including a toddler in January on 27 August 2020 was sentenced to death after a court has found him guilty of nine charges.

USA - Keith Nelson, 45, White, was executed today in the federal system.

USA - Federal. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on death row, was executed at the federal prison in Terre Haute.

IRAN - Rahim Pirouzi executed in Dehdasht prison on August 19.