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
- AUGUST 26, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
According to Jordan Times, the Jordanian Court of Cassation...
According to Jordan Times, the Jordanian Court of Cassation upheld a September 2002 Criminal Court ruling sentencing three men to death for robbing and murdering a jewellery store owner in Irbid in May 2000
- AUGUST 25, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
Jamal Darwish Fatayri, an Iraqi-born Jordanian linked...
Jamal Darwish Fatayri, an Iraqi-born Jordanian linked to Palestinian militant Abu Nidal, was hanged at dawn at Swaqa prison south of Amman, Jordan
- AUGUST 17, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
According to Jordan Times, the Criminal Court sentenced...
According to Jordan Times, the Criminal Court sentenced two brothers to 10 years in prison after convicting them of killing their married 23-year-old sister by driving over her with a water tanker in South Shouneh in December 2002
- JULY 25, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
Theree men were put to death in the morning hours
Theree men were put to death in the morning hours
- JULY 4, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Cassation in Amman overturned seven death...
The Court of Cassation in Amman overturned seven death sentences passed against Ra'id Hijazi and six other men allegedly affiliated with Al-Qa'idah network, convicted in two separate trials in 2003 and 2000, their lawyer said on July 3
- JUNE 11, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Jordan Times reported that a 23-year-old woman...
The Jordan Times reported that a 23-year-old woman was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court after being convicted of the March 2002 murder of her sister-in-law in the Zarqa Governorate
- MAY 29, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
According to "Jordan Times", the Criminal Court sentenced...
According to "Jordan Times", the Criminal Court sentenced Ahmad, a 25-year-old Egyptian national, to death after convicting him of the murder of his former employer in Sahab, Jordan, in September 2002
- MAY 22, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 29, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
A Jordanian military court condemned three men to death,...
A Jordanian military court condemned three men to death, two in absentia, for a bombing that killed two people in 2002
- APRIL 1, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court upheld its death sentence against...
The Criminal Court upheld its death sentence against Rashad Walid, a 21-year-old man convicted of a murder October 2001
- MARCH 24, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
The 'Jordan Times' reported that a 22-year-old man...
The 'Jordan Times' reported that a 22-year-old man was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court after being convicted the previous week of raping an eight-year-old child in Irbid in 2002
- MARCH 18, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
Marking a visit from Jordan's king, the leader of Qatar...
Marking a visit from Jordan's king, the leader of Qatar pardoned a Jordanian journalist who had been convicted of spying and sentenced to death, according to the official Qatari official news agency