No, sir, I have no evidence to attribute the escalation to, but there are some reasons that surround it that may indicate what this might be.
One of these, of course, is amendments to the penal code, which have some positive elements, such as the abandonment of apostasy as a capital crime and heresy and witchcraft as well.
But it adds that when a minor is charged with a capital offence, the judge must establish their capacity by reference to a medical practitioner and evaluate whether the person was aware of the crime that was being committed. It has been welcomed, and I think rightly so, but this leaves open the personal habits of those who are then not seen to be mentally unable to know what's going on.
The passage of this penal code can be conflated with the rise in the juvenile executions, but I won't attribute it directly to that.