[2] In 2005 King Abdullah II of Jordan stated that: "in coordination with the European Union, we would like to modify our Penal Code.
[2] In November 2014 the Jordanian cabinet formed a committee to explore whether Jordan should reinstate the application of capital punishment.
[5] Shortly before the executions Interior Minister Hussein Al-Majali had stated that capital punishment might be reinstated due to a major debate on the subject, and with the public believing that a recent rise in crime was caused by non-application of the death penalty.
[6] On 4 February 2015, shortly after discovering Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh had been killed by the Islamic State, Jordan executed Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi and Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly.
[10] On 4 August 2021 a Jordanian man was hanged in Swaqa prison for burning his Lebanese wife to death, being the last execution in the country as of January 2022.
[11] Capital punishment is possible amongst others for murder, rape, terrorism, aggravated robbery, drug trafficking, illegal possession and use of weapons, war crimes, treason and espionage.