- Capital punishment - Wikipedia
Most historical records and various primitive tribal practices indicate that the death penalty was a part of their justice system Communal punishments for wrongdoing generally included blood money compensation by the wrongdoer, corporal punishment, shunning, banishment and execution
- death penalty | Legal Information Institute
The death penalty is the state-sanctioned punishment of executing an individual for a specific crime Congress, as well as any state legislature, may prescribe the death penalty, also known as capital punishment, for crimes considered capital offenses
- Capital punishment | Definition, Debate, Examples, Facts | Britannica
Capital punishment, execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law of a criminal offense The term ‘death penalty’ is sometimes used interchangeably with ‘capital punishment,’ though imposition of the penalty is not always followed by execution
- Death Penalty Information Center
Pulling back the curtain on the death penalty for more than 35 years Data Analysis Context The death penalty is complicated, but telling the truth is not
- Death Penalty - Justice Definitions Project
The death penalty refers to the legal process by which a person is put to death by the state as punishment for a serious crime It represents the most severe form of punishment prescribed by law, typically reserved for the gravest offenses such as murder, terrorism, or treason
- Death Penalty - Amnesty International
We know that, together, we can end the death penalty everywhere Every day, people are executed and sentenced to death by states as punishment for a variety of crimes – sometimes for acts that should not be criminalized
- Capital punishment in the United States - Wikipedia
Although it is a legal penalty in 27 states, 21 of them have authority to execute death sentences, with the other 6 subject to moratoriums As of 2025, three of the 38 OECD member countries, that being the United States, Japan, and South Korea retain the death penalty [3]
- Death penalty - Wikiversity
The death penalty, or capital punishment, is where a person is killed by the state as a punishment for a crime
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