capital punishment
noun
: punishment by death : the practice of killing people as punishment for serious crimes
an opponent of capital punishment
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Some couples go to Bora Bora on their honeymoons, and some travel to more draconian destinations, where relaxation seems unlikely and silly crimes incur capital punishment.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
The new move would make the firing squad the state's primary means of capital punishment – without any additional cost to taxpayers, since funding for the execution chamber was included in the previous bill.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2025
In late 1789, during a discussion about reforming the French penal code, physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin proposed a standard system of capital punishment for all.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Also, last month, Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment just weeks before Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office.
—Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
The new move would make the firing squad the state's primary means of capital punishment – without any additional cost to taxpayers, since funding for the execution chamber was included in the previous bill.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2025
In late 1789, during a discussion about reforming the French penal code, physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin proposed a standard system of capital punishment for all.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Also, last month, Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment just weeks before Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office.
—Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Capital punishment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capital%20punishment. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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