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11capital punishment — n. 1) to impose; re introduce capital punishment 2) to abolish capital punishment * * * re introduce capital punishment to abolish capital punishment to impose …
12capital punishment — N UNCOUNT Capital punishment is punishment which involves the legal killing of a person who has committed a serious crime such as murder. Most democracies have abolished capital punishment. Syn: the death penalty …
13Capital Punishment (Death Penalty) — Capital Punishment † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Capital Punishment The infliction by due legal process of the penalty of death as a punishment for crime. The Latins use the word capitalis (from caput, head) to describe that which… …
14Capital punishment in New Zealand — first appeared in a codified form when New Zealand became a British territory in 1840, and was first employed in in 1842. It was last used in 1957, abolished for murder in 1961, and abolished altogether, including for treason, in 1989. During… …
15Capital punishment in New Hampshire — Capital punishment in the U.S. state of New Hampshire is a legal form of punishment for the crime of capital murder. Capital murder is the only crime for which the death penalty can be imposed in the state. Since 1734, twenty four people have… …
16Capital punishment in Maryland — Capital punishment is a legal form of judicial punishment in the U.S. state of Maryland. It has been in use in the state since June 20, 1638, when two men were hanged for piracy in St. Mary s County. A total of 309 people were executed by a… …
17Capital punishment in the People's Republic of China — Capital punishment in China redirects here. For the situation in Taiwan, see Capital punishment in the Republic of China. Part of a series on Capital punishment …
18Capital punishment in Oregon — Capital punishment is legal in the U.S. state of Oregon. The first execution under the territorial government was in 1851. Capital punishment was made explicitly legal by statute in 1864, and executions have been carried out exclusively at the… …
19Capital punishment in Australia — Capital punishment was last used in Australia in 1967, when Ronald Ryan was hanged in Victoria, he was the last of 114 people executed in the 20th century and previous to his execution Queensland and New South Wales had already abolished the… …
20Capital punishment in Denmark — ( da. Dødsstraf) has been entirely abolished in Danish law. The last remaining possibility for capital punishment was eliminated from Danish law, effective January 1, 1994.For the most part, Denmark followed the style of other European nations,… …
