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.
Latest news
OCTOBER 26, 2015JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: FATHER HANDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPING UNDERAGE DAUGHTER
The Criminal Court sentenced a 49-year-old father to death after convicting him of raping his minor
SEPTEMBER 20, 2015JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: CASSATION COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF MAN FOR KILLING BROTHER-IN-LAW
The Cassation Court in Jordan has upheld a September 2013 Criminal Court ruling sentencing a man to
FEBRUARY 5, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: EIGHT MEN BEHEADED IN THREE DIFFERENT CITIES
- FEBRUARY 4, 2015JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: TWO CONVICTED TERRORISTS EXECUTED IN RETALIATION FOR PILOT’S KILLING BY ISLAMIC STATE
Jordan executed two Al-Qaeda prisoners by hanging in retaliation for the killing of a Jordanian pilot by the Islamic State (IS) group.
- JANUARY 1, 2015JordanDEATH PENALTY
The legal system in Jordan is based on Islamic law
The legal system in Jordan is based on Islamic law
DECEMBER 23, 2014JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF JORDANIANS SUPPORT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
An opinion poll was released showing that more than two-thirds of Jordanians support capital punishment.
DECEMBER 21, 2014JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: 11 EXECUTED AFTER 8-YEAR DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM
Eight years after Jordan suspended its death penalty, eleven death-row inmates convicted in different murder cases were executed by hanging, the Interior Ministry announced.
APRIL 22, 2014JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: LOWER HOUSE ADOPTS ANTI-TERRORISM BILL, KEEPS DEATH PENALTY
Lower House endorsed the draft anti-terrorism law, maintaining the death penalty for certain crimes tagged
- JANUARY 1, 2014JordanDEATH PENALTY
The legal system in Jordan is based on Islamic law
The legal system in Jordan is based on Islamic law
- MARCH 27, 2013JordanDEATH PENALTY
the submission by Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) and Penal Reform International (PRI) for
the submission by Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) and Penal Reform International (PRI) for
- FEBRUARY 24, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a Jordanian man, Faris Salam Salama al-Maghrebi...
a Jordanian man, Faris Salam Salama al-Maghrebi...
- JANUARY 1, 2013JordanDEATH PENALTY
The legal system in Jordan is based on Islamic law
The legal system in Jordan is based on Islamic law
- OCTOBER 14, 2012JordanDEATH PENALTY
a Criminal Court in Amman, Jordan...
a Criminal Court in Amman, Jordan...
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: FATHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING DAUGHTER ‘288 TIMES’
In Jordan, the Criminal Court sentenced a 49-year-old man to death for molesting
SEPTEMBER 23, 2012JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: GIRL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HER STEPMOTHER
A Jordanian judiciary source said that the Jordanian Supreme Criminal Court sentenced a 26 year
JUNE 25, 2012JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: DEATH SENTENCE ISSUED IN ROBBERY-MURDER
In Jordan, the Criminal Court has sentenced one man to death and another to 10 years in prison
- JUNE 12, 2012JordanDEATH PENALTY
the Jordan Criminal Court has sentenced a 31-year-old merchant...
the Jordan Criminal Court has sentenced a 31-year-old merchant...
- MAY 9, 2012JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, MURDERING NEIGHBOUR
In Jordan, the Criminal Court has sentenced a 30-year-old man to death for raping and murdering a woman in Sweileh in January 2007.
- APRIL 30, 2012JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: MAN TO HANG FOR RAPING, KILLING GIRLFRIEND
A Jordanian was condemned to death for raping and stabbing his teenage girlfriend to death
- APRIL 24, 2012JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN TAFILEH MURDER
The Criminal Court in Jordan sentenced two brothers to death for murdering an educator in Tafileh
- MARCH 13, 2012JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
In Jordan, the Criminal Court sentenced a Jordanian to death and an Egyptian to 20 years
- JANUARY 1, 2012JordanDEATH PENALTY
Murder, rape, terrorist activist and arms and drugs-trafficking are capital crimes.
Murder, rape, terrorist activist and arms and drugs-trafficking are capital crimes.
- OCTOBER 26, 2011JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDANIAN TO HANG FOR RAPING, IMPREGNATING AND KILLING DAUGHTER
a Jordanian was sentenced to death for raping and impregnating his 19 year old daughter then
- OCTOBER 23, 2011JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN MAN TO HANG FOR RAPING NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL
a Jordanian man was sentenced to death for raping a seven-year-old girl while she was on her way to school in 2010.
- OCTOBER 4, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
JORDANIANS PROTEST SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTION VERDICTS
Scores of Jordanians demonstrated in front of the Saudi Arabian embassy in Amman to protest
- AUGUST 7, 2011JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING MINOR
judges Ahmad Atoun, Nahar Ghazo and Mohammad Amarin of the Criminal Court in Jordan sentenced U.A., a 19-year-old unemployed man, to death for raping a 14-year-girl on June 3, 2010, to take revenge against the victim's brother who accused the defendant of
- APRIL 13, 2011JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN EXPECTED TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
it is apparent that Jordan is moving towards abolishing the death penalty
- MARCH 3, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTY
"DEMOCRATIC" EGYPT SENDS APOSTATES TO THEIR DEATH
a major survey conducted in Egypt and in six other majority Muslim countries found an overwhelming majority in Egypt wanted those who commit adultery to be stoned and 84% wanted those who abandon the Muslim religion to be put to death.
FEBRUARY 17, 2011JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN GETS REDUCED SENTENCE FOR 'HONOUR' KILLING
a Jordanian court commuted the death sentence of a 43-year-old man for killing
- FEBRUARY 8, 2011JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: CASSATION COURT OVERTURNS POLICE OFFICER’S DEATH SENTENCE
the Court of Cassation in Jordan overturned the death sentence passed by the Police Court on November 16, 2010, against police Captain Ali Sardi for killing colleague Major Haidar Majali in his office at the Public Security Department (PSD) headquarters i