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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Amato faced the death penalty, but jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict on imposing capital punishment.
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Chris Spargo, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Less than half of millennial and Gen Z adults support capital punishment.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
States have struggled to legally obtain the drugs used to carry out lethal injections in recent years because of ethical objections to capital punishment.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
In the modern era of capital punishment, only a handful of states, including Mississippi and Oklahoma, allow for the method, with South Carolina legalizing it in 2021 and Idaho following two years later amid a nationwide shortage of lethal injection drugs.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 2 Mar. 2025
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Chris Spargo, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Less than half of millennial and Gen Z adults support capital punishment.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
States have struggled to legally obtain the drugs used to carry out lethal injections in recent years because of ethical objections to capital punishment.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
In the modern era of capital punishment, only a handful of states, including Mississippi and Oklahoma, allow for the method, with South Carolina legalizing it in 2021 and Idaho following two years later amid a nationwide shortage of lethal injection drugs.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Capital punishment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capital%20punishment. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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