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Statistics on the death penalty in the Palestinian Authority
| Year |
Number of death sentences |
Number of executions |
Comments |
| 1995 |
2 |
1 |
One was released from prison. |
| 1996 |
6 |
2 |
Two sentences were reduced to life at hard labor. |
| 1997 |
0 |
0 |
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| 1998 |
4 |
2 |
One was released from prison during an Israeli incursion into the city. |
| 1999 |
4 |
1 |
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| 2000 |
6 |
2 |
One was released from prison during an Israeli incursion into the city and another was released outbreak of the second intifada. The whereabouts of two of the others is unknown. |
| 2001 |
13 |
2 |
Four were murdered while in PA custody. Four escaped from prison during an Israeli incursion into the city. One was released and killed in an accident. |
| 2002 |
16 |
3 |
Four were murdered while in PA custody. One escaped from prison. |
| 2003 |
2 |
0 |
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| 2004 |
10 |
0 |
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| 2005 |
1 |
1 |
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| 2006 |
0 |
0 |
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| 2007 |
0 |
0 |
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| 2008 |
7 |
0 |
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| Total |
71 |
13 |
- 2 death sentences were commuted to prison sentences.
- 8 persons sentenced to death were murdered while in PA custody.
- 11 persons sentenced to death were released from prison or escaped.
- 2 persons sentenced to death are missing.
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Source: The Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG), The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), The Palestinian Independent Commission on Human Rights (PICCR) and B'Tselem, updated to 30 Nov. 2008.
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