death-penalty
21death penalty — noun A punishment in which the person who committed the offence is put to death by the state. Syn: capital punishment …
22death penalty — punishment of death for a criminal offense …
23death penalty — /ˈdɛθ pɛnəlti/ (say deth penuhltee) noun the sentence of death as given to a convicted criminal; capital punishment …
24ˈdeath ˌpenalty, the — noun [singular] legal punishment by death, usually for a serious crime such as murder …
25death penalty. — See capital punishment. * * * …
26death penalty — noun punishment by execution …
27death penalty — noun (singular) punishment by killing, used in some countries for serious crimes …
28death penalty. — See capital punishment …
29National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty — The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP) is a large organization dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty in the United States. Founded in 1976 (the same year the death penalty was reinstated by the Supreme Court of the… …
30Felony murder and the death penalty — The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution does not prohibit imposing the death penalty for felony murder. The Supreme Court of the United States has created a two part test to determine when the death penalty is an appropriate… …