Death sentences
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A death sentence is not the same thing as an execution: years can pass between the two, and the sentence may be overturned on appeal, commuted, or never carried out. Counting them separately measures two different things: how far a state resorts to capital punishment, and how far it actually applies it.
This page collects the news on death sentences handed down around the world, on the later stages of appeal, and on the sentences upheld or overturned. Executions have a page of their own.
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NOVEMBER 11, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBangladesh: madrasa teacher sentenced to death for raping 11-year-old student
NOVEMBER 10, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTYChina: two sentenced in decades-old murder case in Sichuan
NOVEMBER 6, 2026Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDR Congo: 66 soldiers sentenced to death for being 'cowards'
NOVEMBER 5, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBangladesh: Man sentenced to death for killing child after rape attempt in Ctg
NOVEMBER 3, 2026KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKuwait: Bangladeshi man gets death sentence for killing friend over wife's photos
NOVEMBER 2, 2026KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKuwait: two Lebanese, Indian sentenced to death in separate drug trafficking, smuggling cases
OCTOBER 29, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBangladesh: Hanif sentenced to death for crimes against humanity in Kushtia
OCTOBER 29, 2026KenyaDEATH PENALTYKenya: ex-USIU-Africa student Duncan Kimathi sentenced to death over murder of Sarah Aruwa 14 years ago
OCTOBER 27, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTYChina: former anti-graft official sentenced to death with two-year reprieve
OCTOBER 27, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPakistan: two sentenced to death in kidnap case in Karachi
OCTOBER 26, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBangladesh: Satkhira man sentenced to death for killing wife, daughter
OCTOBER 26, 2026KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKuwait: 3 sentenced to death over assassination plot, 'working for Iran, Hezbollah'
OCTOBER 22, 2026SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSomalia: military court sentences police officer to death for killing senior commander
OCTOBER 22, 2026NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNigeria: three sentenced to death in Adamawa over kidnapping
OCTOBER 20, 2026KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKuwait: Indian national sentenced to death for heroin trafficking
OCTOBER 17, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPakistan: four sentenced to death in Lahore in 2022 blasphemy case
OCTOBER 16, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYIndia: court gives death sentence to snakebite murder couple
OCTOBER 15, 2026SyriaDEATH PENALTYSyria: two people sentenced to death over deadly 2025 coastal violence
OCTOBER 13, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTYChina: 3 Myanmar syndicate members sentenced to death
OCTOBER 13, 2026Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSaudi Arabia: Supreme Court Overturns Death Sentence For Sri Lankan Worker Over Facebook Comment
OCTOBER 13, 2026IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYIndonesia: 639 prisoners on death row as of April 2026
OCTOBER 11, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYIndia: Madras high court commutes death sentence to life imprisonment
OCTOBER 7, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPakistan: court upholds Christian’s blasphemy death sentence
OCTOBER 7, 2026UgandaDEATH PENALTYUganda: eight muslims sentenced to death for the murders of two evangelists
OCTOBER 6, 2026South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSouth Korea has 52 death row inmates, average age of 58.7
OCTOBER 6, 2026VietnamDEATH PENALTYVietnam: man sentenced to death for killing woman, her 2 children
OCTOBER 6, 2026South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSouth Korea: more than half of citizens support keeping death penalty on books
OCTOBER 6, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBangladesh: three sentenced to death for killing garment worker after mugging
OCTOBER 3, 2026LibyaDEATH PENALTYLibya: five sentenced to death over pregabalin smuggling
SEPTEMBER 29, 2026NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNigeria: four sentenced to death in Edo over kidnapping