death penalty

noun

1. capital punishment.

death penalty

noun

1. capital punishment

Example Sentences

Biden once supported the death penalty, but he came to see it as needlessly cruel, as well as impossible to administer fairly.

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Robert Badinter, the justice minister who ended the death penalty in France in 1981, entered the country's Pantheon mausoleum of outstanding historical figures on Thursday, just hours after his grave was vandalised.

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If convicted, Prowell faces life in prison without parole or the death penalty, prosecutors said in a statement.

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Ekkalak had initially been handed the death penalty, but that was commuted to life imprisonment because of his confession to the killing, the court said on Friday.

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Lillie Shone said no sentence was long enough, adding: "They should bring back the death penalty for cases like this."

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Related Words

• capital punishment