22 February 2008 :
the Supreme Court in Nigeria confirmed the death penalty of Adegboye Ibikunle, an old police officer. Ibikunle was sentenced to death by the High Court in the state of Delta, in May 2001, for the murder of Edeha, in May 2000.
A Bangladesh war crimes court sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death on November 17, 2025, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year.
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A Bulgarian court on November 10, 2025 postponed a hearing on Lebanon’s request to extradite Igor Grechushkin, the Russian-Cypriot ship operator linked to the 2020 Beirut port explosion that killed more than 200 people, pending assurances that he will not face the death penalty if extradited.
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