| Year |
Number of death sentences |
Number of executions |
Comments |
| 1995 |
3 |
0 |
Released from prison. |
| 1996 |
5 |
0 |
Two sentences were reduced to life at hard labor. |
| 1997 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1998 |
4 |
2 |
One was released from prison during an Israeli incursion into the city. |
| 1999 |
4 |
1 |
One was released from prison. |
| 2000 |
4 |
1 |
One was released from prison during an Israeli incursion into the city. The whereabouts of two of the others is unknown. |
| 2001 |
13 |
1 |
Four were murdered while in PA custody. Five escaped from prison during an Israeli incursion into the city. One was released and killed in an accident. |
| 2002 |
18 |
3 |
Four were murdered while in PA custody. One escaped from prison. |
| 2003 |
2 |
0 |
|
| 2004 |
10 |
0 |
|
| 2005 |
0 |
5 |
|
| Total |
63 |
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.
|
Source: Palestinian Independent Commission on Human Rights and B’Tselem.
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