The death penalty is provided for by laws based on...

The death penalty is provided for by laws based on the Shari'a. Capital crimes are rape and crimes against the security of State. Since 1995 the death penalty has been a mandatory punishment for certain drug-related offenses.Kuwait introduced the death penalty for drug smuggling in 1995 in an attempt to curb the rising use of illicit drugs in the conservative Moslem state. The first drug-related executions were in 1998 when Kuwait hung two Iranians found guilty of drug smuggling.