The offenses for which capital punishment either can...

The offenses for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are: premeditated murder, plotting to topple the regime, collaborating with a foreign hostile country, threatening the life of the Emir, and defiance of military orders in time of war or martial state. The first execution in 20 years took place on March 29, 1996.
February 13, 2001: the Bahraini authorities have released all political prisoners. The reprieve order issued by Emir Hamad Bin-Isa Al-Khalifah also covered prisoners sentenced to death after being convicted of murder during riots in Bahrain in 1994 and 1995.