In front of his 7-year-old son

Faisalabad Additional Sessions Judge Abul Hassnat sentenced a man to death for burning his wife alive two years ago in Raza Abad police limits, The Nation reported on June 25, 2024.

The Federal Court in Putrajaya on May 29, 2024 upheld the death sentence of a former businessman for the murder of a female marketing executive 18 years ago.

China on June 21, 2024 threatened to impose the death penalty in extreme cases for "diehard" Taiwan independence separatists, a ratcheting up of pressure even though Chinese courts have no jurisdiction on the democratically governed island.

The Death Penalty Information Center's exonerations' database

HB 70

198th person exonerated (since 1973) after being sentenced to death

(A/HRC/56/22)