Jordan
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional parliamentary monarchy
- CONSTITUTION
- January 1, 1952, amended several times
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Islamic law and French codes; review of legislative acts by a special High Court
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate (Majlis al-'Umma) and House of Representatives (Majlis al-Àauan)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Court of Cassation, Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
majority Muslim, minority Christian
From the country
MAY 22, 2025JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: SSC HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCE, MULTIPLE PRISON TERMS OVER DEADLY ATTACK ON POLICE PATROL
The State Security Court (SSC) on May 19, 2025 issued a death sentence and multiple prison terms over a 2022 attack that claimed the lives of four security officers and wounded several others.
MARCH 16, 2025JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR POISONING STEPDAUGHTER
The Grand Criminal Court has sentenced a woman to death by hanging for poisoning her stepdaughter, Roya News reported on March 13, 2025.
FEBRUARY 15, 2024JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN AMMAN
The Grand Criminal Court in Amman has sentenced a man to death by hanging for the premeditated murder of an Arab homeowner, Roya News reported on February 14, 2024.
JULY 6, 2023JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF RELATIVE
The Court of Cassation has upheld a June 2022 Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a man to death after he was convicted of murdering a 69-year-old relative in June 2021, The Jordan Times reported on July 5, 2023.
FEBRUARY 28, 2023JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ISLAMIC STATE LINKS
A Jordanian court on 22 February 2023 sentenced three people to death by hanging on charges of belonging to the Islamic State group and staging two bombing attacks, an AFP correspondent said.
DECEMBER 27, 2022JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: COURT RULES EXECUTION BY HANGING FOR MAN WHO KILLED ANOTHER IN 2005
The Grand Criminal Court issued on 26 December 2022 a death sentence by hanging against a man who killed his friend 17 years ago in Aqaba.
- OCTOBER 5, 2022JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING FATHER
A Jordanian has been sentenced to death after he was convicted of murdering his father in Wadi Araba in December 2020, Gulf News reported on 4 October 2022.
JULY 4, 2022JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING WOMAN
The Jordan’s Grand Criminal Court on 28 June 2022 decided to sentence a man to death for killing a woman after beating her trying to steal her money.
- JUNE 27, 2022JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN HAS 239 PEOPLE ON DEATH ROW
A total of 239 are on death row in Jordan, the rapporteur of the Parliamentary Legal Committee Ghazi Al-Thneibat announced on 26 June 2022.
- MAY 10, 2022JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: MAN’S DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR FATHER’S MURDER
The Court of Cassation has upheld a December Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a man to death after convicting him of murdering his father in Amman in December 2019, Jordan times reported on 7 May 2022.
- APRIL 20, 2022JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING HIS MOTHER
The Court of Cassation upheld a Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a 42-year-old man to death after convicting him of murdering his mother in Amman, Jordan Times reported on 17 April 2022.
- OCTOBER 18, 2021JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SISTER IN NAME OF ‘FAMILY HONOUR’
The Court of Cassation on 17 October 2021 upheld a June Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a man to death after convicting him of murdering his married sister in the Jordan Valley in October 2019.