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81Capital Punishment — • The infliction by due legal process of the penalty of death as a punishment for crime. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …
82capital punishment — n. the penalty of death for a crime …
83Rape and punishment — Punishment of assailantsMost societies consider rape to be a grave offense, and punish it accordingly. Punishment for rape in most countries today is imprisonment, but until the late twentieth century, some states of the U.S., for instance, could …
84On penalty of — Penalty Pe nal*ty, n.; pl. {Penalties}. [F. p[ e]nalit[ e]. See {Penal}.] 1. Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime,… …
85Under penalty of — Penalty Pe nal*ty, n.; pl. {Penalties}. [F. p[ e]nalit[ e]. See {Penal}.] 1. Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime,… …
86supreme measure of punishment — death by execution Not suffered voluntarily by those who make the supreme sacrifice. Also as the supreme penalty: With an affectionate pat, he assured the historian Yuri Staklov that he was safe; the NKVD came for Staklov that night.… …
87Capital punishment in the United Kingdom — Part of a series on Capital punishment Issues Debate · …
88Capital punishment in Texas — The State of Texas Death Row seal, taken at the Polunsky Unit in West Livingston, Texas …
89Capital punishment in Japan — Part of a series on Capital punishment Issues Debate · …
90Capital punishment in Belarus — Part of a series on Capital punishment Issues Debate · …