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- DictionaryDeath pen·al·ty/ˈdeTH ˌpenəltē/
noun
- 1. the punishment of execution, administered to someone legally convicted of a capital crime: "offenses carrying the death penalty"
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Legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned practice of killing a person as a punishment for a crime, usually following an authorised, rule-governed process to conclude that the person is responsible for violating norms that warrant said punishment. The sentence ordering that an offender be punished in such a manner is known as... Wikipedia