Murder, rape, terrorist activist and arms and drugs-trafficking are capital crimes.

The Jordan criminal code carries the death penalty for different crimes, including murder, rape, terrorism, drug trafficking, treason and espionage.
Under Jordanian law, people convicted in absentia have the right for retrial once captured.
On 9 August 2006, the Jordanian government announced a measure to reduce the number of crimes liable to punishment by death from 16 to 10.
According to official data, 41 persons were executed in the country since the beginning of 2000, all of whom were convicted for murder, terrorism or sexual assault charges. At least seven executions were carried out in 2003, and fourteen people were known to have been put to death in 2002. At least one execution took place in 2004. At least 15 people were put to death in 2005, according to a Jordanian police source.