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Meanings of capital punishment in English

Russian
смертная казнь
Portuguese
pena de morte
Catalan
pena de mort
Spanish
ejecución
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Legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime.

        смертная казнь
        Portuguese
        pena de morte
        Catalan
        pena de mort
        Spanish
        ejecución

        Putting a condemned person to death.

              pena de morte
              Usage of capital punishment in English
              1
              Washington state's current laws allowing capital punishment went into effect in 1981.
              Reuters
              2
              Andrew Cuomo, famously opposed capital punishment in the state of New York.
              The new yorker
              3
              Ricketts has called capital punishment a deterrent and supports the state referendum.
              Reuters
              4
              Russia introduced a moratorium on capital punishment more than a decade ago.
              Reuters
              5
              They protested against oaths even in courts of law and capital punishment.
              History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the Frenc...
              6
              The U.S. Supreme Court lifted a ban on capital punishment in 1976.
              Reuters
              7
              The capital punishment of poor Nat Cringle was as nothing to this.
              Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks / Book Number Fifteen...
              8
              To abolish capital punishment at the Front, which was reintroduced by Kerensky.
              Ten Days That Shook the World
              9
              They all refused, and were condemned to a capital punishment by drowning.
              The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part F. / From...
              10
              He listened as Marc Boland gave a stirring defense of capital punishment.
              By reason of insanity
              11
              Discusses Mayor Beame's switch from being against it to for capital punishment.
              The new yorker
              12
              Nevertheless, as with capital punishment, justice involves more than just deserts... View Article
              The new yorker
              13
              So she taught herself HTML and posted information in support of capital punishment.
              Wired
              14
              Maybe Catts liked the idea of a country without capital punishment.
              Monday Mourning
              15
              Gallup has been measuring Americans' attitudes about capital punishment since 1936.
              Reuters
              16
              We reminded Mr. Winge of the popularity of capital punishment in this state.
              Flash and Bones
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