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Capital Punishment
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Definition
: The use of the death penalty for certain crimes.
entry term ELECTROCUTION, JUDICIAL: do not index also under the electricity aspect unless particularly discussed
Other names
Electrocution, Judicial; Death Penalty; Punishments, Capital; Punishment, Capital; Penalty, Death; Penalties, Death; Lethal Injections; Judicial Hangings; Judicial Hanging; Judicial Electrocutions; Judicial Electrocution; Injections, Lethal; Injection, Lethal; Hangings, Judicial; Gas Chamber Executions; Executions, Gas Chamber; Execution, Gas Chamber; Electrocutions, Judicial; Death Penalties; Chamber Execution, Gas