A court on 20 February 2019 awarded death sentence to a person who was found guilty of raping and killing a three-year-old girl in Jharkhand's Gumla district.

A man who spent nearly 33 years awaiting execution on California’s death row took his first steps as a free man on 20 February 2019, following an appeals court decision that overturned the death sentence and raised questions about his mental state during trial.

A military tribunal in Mogadishu has sentenced a government soldier to death for killing a civilian in Mahad district in Middle Shabelle region, south of Somalia, radioshabelle.com reported on 25 February 2019.

An Egyptian court on 23 February 2019 handed down a preliminary death sentence against two monks for murdering a clergyman, according to Egypt's official MENA news agency.

Former Egyptian Vice-President Mohamed ElBaradei on 21 February 2019 decried Egypt’s frequent resort to capital punishment and called for the abolition of the practice.

A Chattogram court on 10 February 2019 sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of a 10-year-old child in Chattogram’s Hathazari.

The Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) No-III, Rawalpindi Judge Abdul Raheem on 10 February 2019 awarded two times death sentence and imprisonment of 31 years to Zafar Iqbal for killing a police officer on August 10, 1999.

The Palembang District Court in South Sumatra sentenced nine people to death on 7 February 2019 after finding them guilty of transporting 80 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine.

15 people have so far been executed in Egypt in February alone (7th, 13th & 20th), all were condemned among many others (present & absent) for terrorism crimes.

The Taiwan High Court on 20 February 2019 upheld convicted arsonist Weng Jen-hsien’s death sentence.

The Gujarat High Court on 18 February 2019 saved two persons—Akshay Patel and Kuldip Panchal—who had brutally murdered a four-and-a-half-year-old kid for ransom, from the gallows.

Khan Younis Court of First Instance on 29 January 2019 imposed a death sentence against a citizen (Y/A’).