Synonyms for death penalty
death penal·ty

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1. death penaltynoun

   Synonyms:
   capital punishment

2. death penaltynoun

   A punishment in which the person who committed the offence is put to death by the state.

   Synonyms:
   capital punishment

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1. execution, executing, capital punishment, death penaltynoun

   putting a condemned person to death

   Synonyms:
   slaying, performance, carrying into action, execution, implementation, instruction execution, capital punishment, execution of instrument, executing, carrying out, murder, writ of execution

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1. Aramis Ayala:

   Some victims will support and some will surely oppose my decision, but I have learned that the death penalty traps many victims, families in a decades-long cycle of uncertainty, court hearings, appeals and waiting.

2. Danish Health Minister Sophie Lohde:

   The government of Denmark deeply regrets that the outcome document does not address the abolition of the death penalty for drug-related crimes, denmark is opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances.

3. Katherine Gerson:

   There is no evidence that the death penalty has any unique deterrent effect, so the Thai authorities' hopes that this move will reduce crime is deeply misguided, the Thai government must immediately halt any plans to carry out further executions.

4. Carlos Samour:

   Was that a waste of time? he asked. When young Cierra Cowden had the courage to take the stand and talk about how she missed waking up to her dad's singing: was that a waste of time? When Sandy Phillips got up and told the jury about Jessica's enthusiasm for life: was that a waste of time? When Tom Sullivan, a man with a larger than life personality, got up and broke down on the stand talking about his close friendship with his son, was that a waste of time? Samour pointed out that with no appeals in sight, this trial has officially wrapped up in just over 3 years, saying that's record time for a death penalty case. Is prison really a much less severe sentence than death? he asked. Holmes will die in the custody of the department of corrections. Samour told the victims that there are no words to adequately describe what they've gone through. I've been doing criminal law for 2 decades and before this case I'd never seen a police officer or first responder break down on the witness stand.

5. Miles Kupa:

   The law is very clear that in the case of heroin, if you're carrying more than 15 grams, the death penalty is mandatory, so there was something very sadly automatic about the way the whole matter proceeded.