The Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) no. III, Rawalpindi Judge Raja Pervez Akhtar on 20 October 2020 awarded two times death sentence to each accused involved in kidnapping of 14-years old girl, student of class 8.
A 38-year-old Malaysian man escaped the noose when he was acquitted by the Court of Appeal on 13 October 2020 of a charge of being a drug courier.
The Gaza Court of First Instance on the evening of 18 October 2020 issued death sentences against three citizens by hanging.
Singapore’s Court of Appeal on 19 October 2020 set aside a previous death sentence it meted out to Gobi Avedian, a Malaysian who was convicted of drug trafficking.
An 88-year-old man on death row since 1999 for committing three murders died of pneumonia on 17 October 2020 morning at the Tokyo Detention Center.
Iran’s Supreme Court has sentenced two brothers to have their fingers amputated for stealing, Iran-HRM reported on 8 October 2020.
USA - Islamic State 'Beatles' in court over US hostages' deaths.
The Supreme Court on 14 October 2020 extended till 28 October 2020 the stay order issued earlier on the re-imposition of death penalty on murder convicts.
A Bangladesh court on 15 October 2020 sentenced five men to death for the 2012 gang rape of a 15-year-old girl, amid growing public anger over rampant sexual violence.
USA - Military. Another judge steps away from stalled Guantanamo 9/11 trial.
The District and Sessions Court of Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, on 15 October 2020 awarded death penalty to two domestic helps for raping and killing a 12-year-old girl in September 2018.
USA - The Department of Justice released "Capital Punishment, 2018"
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
