death penalties
- plural of death penalty.
Example Sentences
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Last month, a court in Qatar had commuted their death penalties.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2024
The issues discussed range from whether priests can marry to the morality of death penalties.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 16, 2023
In 2017, Florida passed a law that required death penalties to be imposed only after a unanimous recommendation by a jury.
From Reuters ● Apr. 14, 2023
South Korea’s Unification Ministry, which handles affairs with the North, said Friday it couldn’t confirm the reports about the North’s extreme border controls and death penalties.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2021
This, I take it, is the meaning of their assertion that death penalties have not the deterring influence that imprisonment for life carries.
From A Cynic Looks at Life by Haldeman-Julius, E. (Emanuel)
