Definitions for capital punishment
cap·i·tal pun·ish·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. execution, executing, capital punishment, death penaltynoun

   putting a condemned person to death

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1. capital punishmentnoun

   punishment by death

2. Etymology: capital + punishment, originally by beheading or decapitating

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1. capital punishment

   Capital punishment is a legal penalty where a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime. It is also known as the death penalty. The term stems from Latin 'capitalis' meaning 'regarding the head', which referred to execution by beheading. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The practice is controversial due to its moral and ethical implications.

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1. Capital punishment

   Capital punishment or the death penalty is a legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime. The judicial decree that someone be punished in this manner is a death sentence, while the actual process of killing the person is an execution. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The term capital originates from the Latin capitalis, literally "regarding the head". Capital punishment has, in the past, been practised by most societies; currently 58 nations actively practise it, and 97 countries have abolished it. It is a matter of active controversy in various countries and states, and positions can vary within a single political ideology or cultural region. In the European Union member states, Article 2 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union prohibits the use of capital punishment. Currently, Amnesty International considers most countries abolitionist. The United Nations General Assembly has adopted, in 2007, 2008 and 2010, non-binding resolutions calling for a global moratorium on executions, with a view to eventual abolition. Although many nations have abolished capital punishment, over 60% of the world's population live in countries where executions take place, such as the People's Republic of China, India, the United States of America and Indonesia, the four most-populous countries in the world, which continue to apply the death penalty. Each of these four nations voted against the General Assembly resolutions.

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1. Capital Punishment

   The use of the death penalty for certain crimes.

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How to pronounce capital punishment?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of capital punishment in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of capital punishment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of capital punishment in a Sentence

1. Jeff Sessions:

   Congress has passed several statutes that provide the Department with the ability to seek capital punishment for certain drug-related crimes, i strongly encourage federal prosecutors to use these statutes, when appropriate, to aid in our continuing fight against drug trafficking and the destruction it causes in our nation.

2. Frank Rodriguez:

   If you want a case that never dies, seek capital punishment and get a death verdict, and you'll be working on it for the next 20 years.

3. Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin:

   Oklahoma executes murderers whose crimes are especially heinous, i support that policy, and I believe capital punishment must be performed effectively and without cruelty. The bill I signed today gives the state of Oklahoma another death penalty option that meets that standard.

4. Ryan Pack:

   Capital punishment: Capital punishment has no role in a perfect world. But since the world we live in is far from perfect I say reserve it only for the offenders who justly deserve it. We as humanity need to strive for and accomplish a just and peaceful world so that way we can abolish capital punishment altogether.

5. Scott Surovell:

   I can not think of anything that's more awful, unspeakable and wrong for a government to do than to use its power to execute somebody who didn't commit the crime they're accused of, the problem with capital punishment is that once it's inflicted you can't take it back -- can't be corrected.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=capital punishment
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Capital_Punishment
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=capital punishment