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death penalty
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death penalty
n.
A sentence of punishment by execution.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.death penaltydeath penalty - putting a condemned person to death
corporal punishment - the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
burning at the stake, burning - execution by fire
hanging - a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"
electrocution, burning - execution by electricity
beheading, decapitation - execution by cutting off the victim's head
crucifixion - the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross
Translations
Spanish death penalty npena de muerte
French death penalty death npeine f de mort
German death penalty death nTodesstrafe f
Italian death penalty npena di morte

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With the adoption of this prodeath position on May 28, 2006, Amnesty International contradicts its original purpose of rescuing political prisoners especially from death penalties.
Nations where the death penalty has been outlawed - including Canada, Australia and European countries - or nations that do not carry out death penalties normally refuse to extradite anybody to the United States if the person will face the death penalty.
I told him how the Catholic district attorney in New Orleans had said that today in the United States the death penalty was all too rare, and because we couldn't get enough death penalties, it was always an "absolute necessity.
 
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