The bill that restricts the execution of those sentenced to death for petty drug offenses, which was approved on October 18, is a potentially a significant in decreasing the number of executions in Iran. However, it still doesn’t fully conform to what human rights activists demand.

According to Iranian state media, on the morning, a prisoner was executed in public in Jahanabad (a village in Fahraj Rural District, Kerman Province) on murder charges.

“Americans' support for the death penalty has dipped to a level not seen in 45 years,” according to the results of the 2017 Gallup poll released on October 26.

According to a close source, on the morning seven prisoners were executed at Rajai Shahr Prison of Karaj.

The amended 2015 Penal Code of Vietnam, which will take effect at the start of 2018, will no longer impose the death penalty on those found guilty of five felonies.

A soldier has been sentenced to death and several others convicted of crimes in Juba, according to the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Spokesperson.

A court in Gazipur sentenced nine people to death for killing a college student in 2010.

A Sharjah (UAE) court has commuted the death sentence of five Indians, including four Punjabis, to three-year imprisonment in a murder case.

Darfur Special Criminal Court (DSCC) in East Darfur state capital, Ed-Daein sentenced two individuals to death on charges of murder and armed robbery.

A court awarded capital punishment to a murderer for killing a man two years ago on suspicion he was having an affair with his sister.

The Kuala Tungkal District Court in the Jambi regency of West Tanjungjbung sentenced to death a 30-year-old man found guilty of drug offenses.

A Chittagong court has sentenced a man to death for the murder of his wife.