A prisoner was executed in an Iranian prison on charges of "espionage" last week, Gholamhossein Esmaili, the spokesperson for the judiciary, said on 14 July 2020.

The Sudan’s Sovereign Council on 9 July 2020 approved new laws, and passed a package of amendments to the existing ones; these amendments are to reform the justice system in Sudan.

USA - The federal execution of Wesley Ira Purkey has been accomplished

USA - Wesley Purkey Execution Temporarily Halted

Two Kurdish political prisoners, Diako Rasoulzadeh and Saber Sheikh-Abdullah, were executed in Urmia Central Prison on 14 July 2020.

Chadian President Idriss Déby on 20 May 2020 promulgated the country's anti-terrorism law, which does not provide for the death penalty for acts of terror.

The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL), Major General Prince C. Johnson, on 11 July 2020 called for the introduction of a law seeking death penalty for rapists in the country, as rape and other sexual violence abuses against women and girls continue to escalate in Liberia.

The association Hands Off Cain - Spes contra spem thus commented on the news of the resumption of federal executions in America.

After the Supreme Court of the United States stepped in, Daniel Lewis Lee was executed on July 14, 2020 morning by lethal injection at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana.

According to Iran Human Rights, a prisoner was executed in Kermanshah Central Prison on the morning of 12 July 2020.

Death row inmates will soon be required to wear a hood when they are being executed to make the job of the executioner less traumatic, according to new rules announced by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) that will take effect on 15 July 2020.

According to the HRANA news agency, a man was executed in Gorgan Central Prison on the morning of 9 July 2020. The identity of the prisoner has been established as Baset Seyedi, 43, from Bandar Torkaman.