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execution: putting a condemned person to death
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Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime, often called a capital offense or a capital crime. Some jurisdictions that practice capital punishment restrict its use to a small number of criminal offences, principally treason and murder. Prisoners who have been sentenced to death are usually kept segregated from other prisoners in a special part of the prison pending their execution. ...
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| capital punishment |
the death penalty.
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Imposition of the penalty of death on a human being by the state.
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execution by electrocution, a sentence sought by the prosecution for an accused in selected cases where the alleged offense is first degree murder, a jury must make the decision to punish a person with death.
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