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    capital punishment

    noun

    • 1. the legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime: "the abolition of capital punishment"

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  2. www.britannica.com › topic › capital-punishmentCapital punishment | Definition, Debate, Examples, & Facts

    Jun 24, 2024 · Capital punishment is the execution of an offender sentenced to death by a court of law for a criminal offense. Learn about the origins, debates, and controversies of capital punishment in different cultures and religions, as well as the various methods of execution used throughout history.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Capital_punishmentCapital punishment - Wikipedia

    Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct.

  4. legaldictionary.net › capital-punishmentCapital Punishment - Definition, Examples, Cases, Processes

    Feb 28, 2019 · Capital punishment is a form of punishment for the committing of a crime. Specifically, capital punishment refers to the death penalty, or the sentencing of an individual to death for a capital crime.

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  6. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › capital punishmentCapital punishment Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Jun 18, 2024 · The meaning of CAPITAL PUNISHMENT is punishment by death : the practice of killing people as punishment for serious crimes. How to use capital punishment in a sentence.

  7. iep.utm.edu › death-penalty-capital-punishmentCapital Punishment | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Capital punishment is an institutionalized practice of deliberately executing persons for serious crimes. The web page explores the moral justification, historical practices, and procedural issues of the death penalty from various philosophic perspectives.

  8. www.britannica.com › topic › capital-punishmentCapital punishment - Arguments, Pros/Cons | Britannica

    Jun 24, 2024 · Capital punishment has long engendered considerable debate about both its morality and its effect on criminal behaviour. Contemporary arguments for and against capital punishment fall under three general headings: moral, utilitarian, and practical.

  9. www.law.cornell.edu › wex › capital_punishmentcapital punishment | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information...

    Capital punishment, which is also known as the death penalty, is criminal punishment that takes the defendant’s life as the punishment for the defendant’s crime. The sentence ordering capital punishment is called the death sentence, and the act of carrying out the sentence is called an execution.