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91Capital punishment in Texas — The State of Texas Death Row seal, taken at the Polunsky Unit in West Livingston, Texas …
92Corporal punishment in Taiwan — Part of a series on Corporal punishment By place Domestic · Sch …
93capital punishment — n: death penalty Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. capital punishment …
94cruel and unusual punishment — cru·el and un·usu·al punishment n: punishment that is offensive to the contemporary morality or jurisprudence (as by being degrading, inflicting unnecessary and intentional pain, or being disproportionate to the offense) nor cruel and unusual… …
95Opposition to capital punishment in the United States — existed as early as the colonial period. Opposition to the death penalty peaked in 1966 [1], rising to 47% opposition, higher than those who supported it (42%), the rest (11%) had no opinion . The death penalty increased in popularity throughout… …
96Capital punishment in Japan — Part of a series on Capital punishment Issues Debate · …
97Non-judicial punishment — in the United States military, is a form of military justice authorized by Article 15 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Non judicial punishment or NJP permits commanders to administratively discipline troops without a court martial.… …
98corporal punishment — cor·po·ral punishment / kȯr pə rəl / n: punishment inflicted on a person s body see also cruel and unusual punishment ◇ The prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment in the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution imposes limits on the use of …
99Capital 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… …
100Capital 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… …
