The Jordanian Council of Ministers decided today, Sunday, to begin amending a legislative package related to terrorist crimes, with the amendments to be submitted to the House of Representatives within two weeks as a matter of urgency, following two attacks that the authorities described as terrorist attacks.
The amendments include raising the minimum sentence stipulated in the law for the prevention of terrorism from 5 years to 10 years and 15 years in some cases, when the sentence reaches death, and combining the sentence periods in the case of multiple offenses, so that the sentence for each crime is calculated separately.
The package also includes the exclusion of those convicted in terrorism cases from early release after serving three quarters of the sentence, and a requirement to serve the full sentence, according to the Prime Minister's statement.
The measures include the imposition of mandatory precautions after the end of the sentence, the duration and methods of which are determined by the court, including electronic monitoring, surveillance and house arrest, as well as harsher penalties for hate speech and behavior related to terrorist cases.
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