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Meanings of death penalty in English

Portuguese
pena de morte
Catalan
pena de mort
Spanish
ejecución
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Putting a condemned person to death.

        pena de morte
        Usage of death penalty in English
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        However, prosecutors have yet to decide whether to seek the death penalty.
        The South African
        2
        Under military law, he cannot plead guilty to a death penalty case.
        Reuters
        3
        New York's highest state court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional in 2004.
        Reuters
        4
        The year also saw two states taking action against the death penalty.
        Reuters
        5
        Prosecutors have said they may seek the death penalty in the case.
        Reuters
        6
        As Justice Minister she approved carrying out the death penalty 16 times.
        Reuters
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        He later added: The ultimate penalty has to be the death penalty.
        The Guardian
        8
        The government says the death penalty is a deterrent for further crime.
        The Guardian
        9
        For example, she did not join attempts to abolish the death penalty.
        News.com.au
        10
        Fans had threatened fresh violence unless the death penalty was meted out.
        Reuters
        11
        Photo: 123rf Tonga's government has been urged to abolish the death penalty.
        Radio NZ
        12
        Thirty years ago, men would get the death penalty for being gay.
        Radio NZ
        13
        US prosecutors charged them with terrorism offences and demanded the death penalty.
        Radio NZ
        14
        I see race as really defining in many ways the death penalty.
        The new yorker
        15
        Premeditated murder charges can bring the death penalty under US military law.
        The Irish Times
        16
        The charge of course is sedition, which carries a mandatory death penalty.
        The Complete Rama Omnibus
        Translations for death penalty