Jordan
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 6
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Murder and rape are capital crimes
- News items in the archive
- 270
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Jordan is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 6 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 270 news items on Jordan, from 1999 to today.
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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.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING MOTHER
The Grand Criminal Court on 27 September 2021 sentenced a man to death by hanging for killing his mother with the help of his brother.
JULY 8, 2021JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BURNING WIFE TO DEATH
A man has been sentenced to death by hanging in Jordan for burning his wife to death, Gulf News reported on 2 July 2021.
MARCH 18, 2021JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: SIX GET DEATH SENTENCE IN ZARQA REVENGE ATTACK CASE
The State Security Court (SSC) on 17 March 2021 sentenced six men to death in the case of the 16-year-old boy, who was a victim of a brutal revenge attack in Zarqa in October last year.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2021JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: DEATH SENTENCE OVERTURNED FOR MAN WHO KILLED FIVE-YEAR-OLD NEPHEW
The Court of Cassation has overturned an October Criminal Court verdict, sentencing a man to death after convicting him of murdering his nephew in May 2019, the Jordan Times reported on 16 February 2021.
JANUARY 12, 2021JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2019 KNIFE ATTACK ON TOURISTS
Jordan’s state security court sentenced a citizen to death on 12 January 2021 for the 2019 stabbing of eight people, four of them foreign tourists, at one of the kingdom’s ancient sites.
- JANUARY 10, 2021JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: TWO MEN GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING SEPTUAGENARIAN
The Court of Cassation has upheld a June Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a street vendor to death after convicting him of robbing and murdering his 72-year-old relative in Tafileh in October 2017, the Jordan Times reported on 7 January 2021.
DECEMBER 11, 2020JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF AND AGENT
The State Security Court (SSC) on 2 December 2020 sentenced a man to death by hanging for the murder of an Anti-Narcotics Department (AND) agent in 2017.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2020JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING, ROBBING HIS FATHER
The Court of Cassation has upheld a June Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a man to death after convicting him of murdering and robbing his 60-year-old father in Amman in January 2017, Jordan Times reported on 18 November 2020.
JULY 6, 2020JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: ‘LIFE’ COALITION SEEKS TO END DEATH PENALTY
Solidarity Is Global Institute (SIGI) last week launched a coalition calling for an end to the death penalty in Jordan, The Jordan Times reported on 4 July 2020.
- JANUARY 1, 2020JordanDEATH PENALTY
The legal system in Jordan is based on Islamic law
The legal system in Jordan is based on Islamic law
DECEMBER 16, 2019JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: 15 PEOPLE EXECUTED INCLUDING 10 FOR TERRORISM CONVICTIONS
Jordan executed 15 people on 14 December 2019 including 10 convicted on terrorism charges ranging from an attack a decade ago on Western tourists to the slaying of a writer, a judicial source and the government spokesman Mohammad al Momani said on 14 Dece
OCTOBER 29, 2019JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: 22-YEAR-OLD MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING ZARQA LIBRARY OWNER
The Criminal Court on 27 October 2019 sentenced a 22-year-old man to death after convicting him of robbing and murdering a library owner in Zarqa in January 2017.
OCTOBER 28, 2019JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: SISTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF MAN, DOMESTIC HELPER
The Criminal Court on 24 October 2019 sentenced two Zarqa sisters to death after convicting them of robbing and murdering a 72-year-old man and his Filipina domestic helper at their home in a west Amman suburb in February 2017, a senior judicial source sa
- AUGUST 7, 2019JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY IN MURDER CASE
The Court of Cassation has upheld a January Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a 24-year-old man to death after convicting him of robbing and murdering a man in Amman in April 2014, The Jordan Times reported on 6 August 2019.
MAY 27, 2019JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR TWO CONNECTED TO KARAK TERROR CELL UPHELD
The Court of Cassation upheld a February State Security Court (SSC) ruling, sentencing two men to death in connection with the Karak terror cell case that resulted in the death of 10 people in Karak Governorate in 2016.
APRIL 11, 2019JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: KILLER OF WIFE IN ZARQA SENTENCED TO HANG
The Grand Criminal Court sentenced on 7 April 2019 a 43-year-old man to hang after he had killed his wife and shot his young daughter with a gun in October 2016 in Zarqa governorate.
FEBRUARY 12, 2019JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: TWO SENTENCED TO HANG FOR IS-CLAIMED KARAK ATTACK
A Jordanian court sentenced two brothers to death on 10 February 2019 in connection with a 2016 attack claimed by the Islamic State group, overturning a life sentence handed to the men last year.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2019JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: COURT OF CASSATION UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE ON 27-YEAR-OLD WHO MURDERED HIS FRIEND
The Court of Cassation upheld an October Criminal Court’s ruling sentencing a 27-year-old carpenter to death after convicting him of murdering his former work colleague in October of 2014.