AMMAN,
Jordan: Jordan's interior ministry said that the kingdom has hanged 11
people convicted of murder, the first executions to take place in the
country in eight years.
The official Petra news agency quoted
the ministry's spokesman Ziad al-Zuabi as saying the 11 men, who were
convicted in 2005 and 2006, were executed early Sunday at a penitentiary
in the country's south.
He did not identify the convicts beyond saying they were Jordanians. Al-Zuabi also did not provide details about their crimes, saying only they had exhausted all the legal channels for appeal.
In 2006, Jordan stopped carrying out the death penalty but recently, several lawmakers have called for it to be reinstated to curb increase in crime.
Since then, 122 have been sentenced to death in Jordan, including militants convicted of terrorism.
He did not identify the convicts beyond saying they were Jordanians. Al-Zuabi also did not provide details about their crimes, saying only they had exhausted all the legal channels for appeal.
In 2006, Jordan stopped carrying out the death penalty but recently, several lawmakers have called for it to be reinstated to curb increase in crime.
Since then, 122 have been sentenced to death in Jordan, including militants convicted of terrorism.
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