(of death penalty)

  • 1death penalty — n: death as punishment for a crime – called also capital punishment; see also cruel and unusual punishment; gregg v. georgia in the important cases section ◇ The U.S. Supreme Court has held that the death penalty is not inherently violative of… …

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  • 2Death Penalty (album) — Death Penalty Studio album by Witchfinder General Released 1982 …

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  • 3Death penalty (disambiguation) — Death penalty may refer to: Capital punishment, the act of putting a person to death In sports Death penalty (NCAA), the nickname for the National Collegiate Athletic Association policy which forbids a school from fielding a certain team for a… …

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  • 4death penalty — death .penalty n [singular] the legal punishment of death →↑capital punishment ▪ Three Britons are facing the death penalty for spying …

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  • 5Death Penalty — • The infliction by due legal process of the penalty of death as a punishment for crime. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …

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  • 6death penalty — n. a sentence of death by execution: used with the * * * ➡ capital punishment * * * …

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  • 7death penalty, the — death ,penalty, the noun * legal punishment by death, usually for a serious crime such as murder. Killing people officially is called capital punishment …

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  • 8death penalty — n. a sentence of death by execution: used with the …

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  • 9death penalty — ► NOUN ▪ punishment by execution …

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  • 10Death Penalty Focus — Founded in 1988, Death Penalty Focus is a non profit organization dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment through grassroots organizing, research, and the dissemination of information about the death penalty and its alternatives.[1] With …

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