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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, execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law of a criminal offense. Capital punishment should be distinguished from extrajudicial executions carried out without due process of law.

  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 practice of killing a person as a punishment for allegedely committing a crime.

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

    Feb 28, 2019 · What is Capital Punishment Meaning? 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.

  5. blog.ipleaders.in › capital-punishment-in-india-2Capital punishment in India - iPleaders

    Dec 5, 2022 · ‘Capital punishment’, also known as the ‘death penalty’, is the harshest or most severe punishment of the present time. The purpose of the death penalty is to deter people from doing something by instilling fear in them about the consequences.

  6. blog.ipleaders.in › capital-punishment-inAll you need to know about capital punishment in India

    May 27, 2019 · Capital Punishment is also known as a death penalty, execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction of a criminal offence by a court of law. Indian Criminal justice system is one of the important parts of capital punishment.

  7. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › capitalCapital 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.

  8. www.bbc.co.uk › ethics › capitalpunishmentBBC - Ethics - Capital punishment: Introduction

    Dec 14, 2009 · Capital punishment is the practice of executing someone as punishment for a specific crime after a proper legal trial. It can only be used by a state, so when...