2004: Ibtisam Hussein, child-murderer
Add comment March 1st, 2009 Headsman
Five years ago today, in Jordan’s Swaqa Prison, a 24-year-old woman named Ibtisam Hussein was hanged for drowning two young children in the Jordan Valley canal in 2002.
Ibtisam Hussein (or Ibtisam Hussain) was the only known execution in Jordan in 2004, after a manslaughter conviction was upgraded on appeal. The unfortunate five- and six-year-old victims belonged to members of her fiance’s family who opposed the engagement to Hussein … evidently with good reason.
The rope reportedly broke on the first attempt; she was executed successfully on a second try an hour later.
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- 1923: Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters
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Entry Filed under: 21st Century, Botched Executions, Capital Punishment, Common Criminals, Crime, Death Penalty, Execution, Hanged, Jordan, Murder, Women
Tags: 2000s, 2004, family, ibtisam hussein, march 1, swaqa prison
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