capital punishment
noun
: punishment by death : the practice of killing people as punishment for serious crimes
an opponent of capital punishment
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Other arguments included that capital punishment violates international law and the U.S. Constitution.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
His public defense team has filed a slew of motions to prevent the possibility, which included arguments that capital punishment is unconstitutional, breaks with evolving standards of decency, violates international law and is arbitrarily applied.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 25 Apr. 2025
The pontiff also changed church teaching to say that capital punishment is inadmissible in all cases.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Mangione was charged with two stalking counts, murder through the use of a firearm, which carries the potential for capital punishment, and a firearms offense for the fatal shooting on Dec. 4 outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
His public defense team has filed a slew of motions to prevent the possibility, which included arguments that capital punishment is unconstitutional, breaks with evolving standards of decency, violates international law and is arbitrarily applied.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 25 Apr. 2025
The pontiff also changed church teaching to say that capital punishment is inadmissible in all cases.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Mangione was charged with two stalking counts, murder through the use of a firearm, which carries the potential for capital punishment, and a firearms offense for the fatal shooting on Dec. 4 outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Capital punishment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capital%20punishment. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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