Punishment+or+penalty+of+death
31death sentence — 1. : a sentence condemning a convicted defendant to death 2. : an affliction or a situation that is considered to be fatal ; also : a prognosis of death * * * noun, pl ⋯ tences [count] 1 : the decision by a court of law that the punishment for… …
32death-qualified jury — ▪ American law in law, a trial jury pronounced fit to decide a case involving the death penalty. The fitness of jurors to serve in death punishable cases depends on their views on capital punishment. For example, jurors absolutely opposed… …
33Death Penalty Focus — Founded in 1988, Death Penalty Focus is a non profit organization dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment through grassroots organizing, research, and the dissemination of information about the death penalty and its alternatives.[1] With …
34Death — For other uses, see Death (disambiguation) and Dead (disambiguation). Dying redirects here. For the process of coloring, see Dyeing. For other uses, see Near death (disambiguation). The human skull, widely considered a symbol of death Death is… …
35Punishment — The old village stocks in Chapeltown, Lancashire, England For other uses, see Punishment (disambiguation). Punishment is the authoritative imposition of something negative or unpleasant on a person or animal in response to behavior deemed wrong… …
36death — The cessation of life; permanent cessations of all vital functions and signs. Numerous states have enacted statutory definitions of death which include brain related criteria. For example, many states have adopted, sometimes with variations, the… …
37death — The cessation of life; permanent cessations of all vital functions and signs. Numerous states have enacted statutory definitions of death which include brain related criteria. For example, many states have adopted, sometimes with variations, the… …
38Death penalty — Capital punishment was part of the Dutch crimi nal justice administration until the late 19th century. Criticism of the death penalty and of torture and corporal punishment in general during the Enlightenment led to a gradual humanization of… …
39Death in Singapore — Graves at the Kranji War Cemetery – photographed 13 November 2005 Deaths in Singapore offset the population increase from live births. In 2007, 17,140 people in Singapore died from various causes. The death rate was 4.5 deaths per 1,000 of the… …
40Death penalty (NCAA) — The death penalty is the popular term for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) s power to ban a school from competing in a sport for at least one year. It is the harshest penalty that an NCAA member school can receive. It has been… …
