For the association Hands Off Cain, after years of working with the Radical Party for the abolition of “ergastolo ostativo” (life imprisonment without parole), the decision of the European Court of Human Rights, which finalized the ruling in the case of Marcello Viola against Italy represented by the lawyer Antonella Mascia, is "a historic success and a good omen" in view of the decision that our Constitutional Court will take on October 22nd regarding “ergastolo ostativo,” on which Hands Off Cain was admitted as an intervening party.

Pope Francis has expressed his gratitude to Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar for commuting the death sentences of three Mexican brothers who were convicted for drug trafficking.

A court in Ho Chi Minh City has sentenced eight people to death for drug trafficking, a court official said on 8 October 2019.

After Nearly 6 Years in Jail Because of Unaffordable Bail, Eugene Mitchell was acquitted of Capital Murder.

A mother and a son of the same family on 3 October 2019 were sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court over a case of murder.

A court in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on 30 September 2019 sentenced a man to death for kidnapping, raping and killing a four-year-old girl.

Razgar Zandi was hanged at Sanandaj prison on 1 October 2019.

A military court in Mogadishu on 2 October 2019 sentenced army officer to death.

Russell Bucklew, 51, White, was executed on 1st October 2019 in Missouri.

A man on 30 September 2019 lost his appeal at the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya to set aside his death sentence for murdering a millionaire businessman whose burnt remains were found in an oil palm estate.

Bokaro district court in the Indian state of Jharkhand on 26 September 2019 awarded death sentence to three persons for killing a minor in November 2013. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 1.50 lakh on each of them.

The Ondo State government has pardoned 18 inmates across the various prison facilities in the state.