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Words nearby death penaltydeath match, death metal, death of, Death of a Salesman, death on, death penalty, deathplace, death rate, death rattle, death ray, death row Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for death penalty“We were in Carson City last month to report on a death-penalty execution,” one explains. The Stacks: The Judas Priest Teen Suicide Trial|Ivan Solotaroff|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Already, death-penalty opponents are mobilizing around Lockett. Mary Fallin’s Killer Fiasco|Michelle Cottle|May 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST The answer is that, like most death-penalty supporters, Brauchler is confusing an impulse with an argument. Death Penalty Is the Wrong Punishment for James Holmes|David R. Dow|April 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST Therefore, our criminal-justice system is much more careful in death-penalty cases. Death Penalty Is the Wrong Punishment for James Holmes|David R. Dow|April 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Outside experts say that judges in death-penalty cases tend to not push lawyers as hard because of potential future appeal issues. The Grim Sleeper’s Trial Is Moving at Snail’s Pace, and Victims’ Families Are Furious|Christine Pelisek|March 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST The same document contains a clause which indicates that the death-penalty threatened in 1249 had already been abrogated. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II|Henry Charles Lea Natalia is carried away by force, and the Oprichniki lead Andrew into the market-place to suffer the death-penalty at their hands. The Russian Opera|Rosa Newmarch There was never a time when America applied the death-penalty to more than fourteen crimes. Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine It goes without saying that the death-penalty could never legally be commuted. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I|Henry Charles Lea I can guess that it isn't the death-penalty that he is thinking most of now.
British Dictionary definitions for death penalty
nounthe death penalty capital punishment Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to death penaltycapital punishment, death warrant, execution, death sentence |