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The Lahore High Court (LHC) on October 1, 2025 acquitted Sarfraz Ahmed, a death row prisoner, in a woman’s murder case registered at Ghalib Market police station, citing non-matching DNA evidence and flaws in the investigation.

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov on October 1, 2025 ordered the drafting of a bill which would reintroduce the death penalty in the country for heinous crimes against women and children.

A former senior political adviser in Guizhou province, Chen Yan, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on September 29, 2025 for taking bribes, Xinhua News Agency reported.

Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila was sentenced to death in absentia on September 30, 2025 by a military court that convicted him of war crimes, treason, and crimes against humanity.