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  • 41Capital punishment debate — Part of a series on Capital punishment Issues Debate · …

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  • 42Cruel and unusual punishment — Criminal procedure Criminal trials and convictions …

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  • 43School punishment — Schools generally employ a hierarchy of punishments for infractions of rules. While there are variations between types of school, boarding and day schools, with not all being applied in all cases, the hierarchy is generally reasonably consistent …

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  • 44Corporal punishment (Judaism) — The Torah describes certain forms of corporal punishment for certain sins and crimes.TypesThe four types of capital punishment, known as mitath beth din (execution by the rabbinic court), were: * Sekila stoning * Serefah burning * Hereg… …

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  • 45Suspension (punishment) — Suspension is a form of punishment that people receive for violating rules and regulations. Workplace Suspension is a common practice in the workplace for being in violation of company policy. Work suspensions occur when a business manager or… …

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  • 46cruel and unusual punishment — noun punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. Constitution; includes torture or degradation or punishment too severe for the crime committed • Hypernyms: ↑punishment, ↑penalty, ↑penalization, ↑penalisation * * * noun : punishment to …

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  • 47Gating (punishment) — Gating is a type of punishment similar to a detention used typically at educational institutions, especially boarding schools. Precisely what a gating consists of and the rules surrounding it will vary between institutions, but the common element …

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  • 48Capital punishment by the United States federal government — This is a list of individuals executed by the United States. The United States federal government (in comparison to the separate states) applies the death penalty for certain crimes: treason, espionage, federal murder, large scale drug… …

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  • 49the punishment was reduced — the penalty was made less severe, the punishment was lessened …

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  • 50Severely — Severe Se*vere , a. [Compar. {Severer}; superl. {Severest}.] [L. severus; perhaps akin to Gr. ??? awe, ??? revered, holy, solemn, Goth. swikns innocent, chaste: cf. F. s[ e]v[ e]re. Cf. {Asseverate}, {Persevere}.] 1. Serious in feeling or manner; …

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