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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OCTOBER 26, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBangladesh: Satkhira man sentenced to death for killing wife, daughter
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 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, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPakistan: Man gets death penalty for abducting, killing lawyer in 2020
SEPTEMBER 29, 2026NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNigeria: four sentenced to death in Edo over kidnapping
SEPTEMBER 28, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBangladesh: man sentenced to death for killing wife in Kishoreganj
SEPTEMBER 27, 2026SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSomalia: former soldier sentenced to death for killing a civilian
SEPTEMBER 25, 2026PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYPhilippines: once sentenced to death in indonesia, Mary Jane Veloso receives pardon
SEPTEMBER 24, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYIndia: Death sentence commuted to life imprisonment without possibility of remission
SEPTEMBER 22, 2026KenyaDEATH PENALTYKenya: two sentenced to death for robbery with violence
SEPTEMBER 22, 2026ThailandDEATH PENALTYThailand: court hands ‘Am Cyanide’ third death sentence
SEPTEMBER 21, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBangladesh: 3 sentenced to death for Tangail UP chairman murder
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2026LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Libya: dozens executed, many more at imminent risk
SEPTEMBER 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Pedaran executed for espionage
15th Execution for Espionage in 2026
SEPTEMBER 18, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBangladesh: two years on, fugitive death-row convict arrested in Chattogram
SEPTEMBER 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Mohammad Mojallal Choubari sentenced to death
A 'protester'
SEPTEMBER 17, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Jeffery Lee, 49, Black, was executed on September 17
SEPTEMBER 16, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. LeJames Norman, 40, Black, was executed on September 16