Jordan Hangs 6 After Nine-Year Death Penalty Pause
- Jordan ended a nine-year pause on the death penalty by hanging six men convicted of killing security personnel, according to Government spokesman Mohammad Momani.
- The men were convicted in terrorism and criminal cases causing deaths and injuries to police and soldiers, including a 2018 Salt raid killing six officers and a 2022 incident killing a senior police officer during protests.
- More than 100 people remain on death row in Jordan, and executions are expected to continue individually to deliver justice.
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A moratorium on the application of the death penalty in Jordan had been in place for nine years, and it was broken this Sunday, with the execution of six men convicted of murder.
Jordan hangs 6 after nine-year death penalty pause
More than 100 people remain on death row in Jordan. (EPA Images pic) AMMAN: Jordan hanged on Sunday six men convicted of killing security personnel, a government official said, ending a nine-year moratorium on the use of the death penalty. Government spokesman Mohammad Momani said in a statement that the men had been convicted in “terrorism and criminal cases” that led to the deaths and injuries of police officers and soldiers. Two of the men we…
Jordan executes six convicts in terrorism and crime cases that shocked public opinion. Early Sunday morning, Jordanian authorities brought to a close six high-profile cases that had gripped public opinion in recent years, executing six men by hanging for serious terrorist and criminal offenses.
They were sentenced to death for the murder of soldiers and police officers in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Authorities in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on Sunday executed...
Jordan's government said on Sunday it had executed six men for killing members of its security forces. The Middle Eastern country last carried out a death sentence in 2017, when 15 people were hanged. Government spokesman Mohammad Momani said the men were convicted in criminal trials for terrorism and other crimes. Their actions resulted in the deaths and injuries of police and soldiers, he added. The government spokesman said two of the men exe…
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