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Grammar : Noun



Définition of death penalty

  • noun execution of a condemned person
Example sentences :
  • By a decree of the 5th of September the death penalty itself was imposed.
  • Extract from : « The Paper Moneys of Europe » by Francis W. Hirst
  • But I, for one, would hate to see him given the death penalty.
  • Extract from : « The Long Voyage » by Carl Richard Jacobi
  • Execution by electricity has been the death penalty since 1898.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 7 » by Various
  • In the National Assembly he advocated the abolition of the death penalty.
  • Extract from : « Thomas Paine, The Apostle of Liberty » by John E. Remsburg
  • Nearly all the goldsmiths and moneyers escaped the death penalty.
  • Extract from : « The Story of London » by Henry B. Wheatley
  • In the Old Testament, the death penalty was attached to hundreds of offenses.
  • Extract from : « Thomas Paine » by Robert G. Ingersoll
  • A majority much larger than before voted for the death penalty.
  • Extract from : « Callias » by Alfred John Church
  • The execution of the death penalty is an impressive if barbarous ceremony.
  • Extract from : « The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe » by Ernest Young
  • Guiteau was condemned to death and suffered the death penalty.
  • Extract from : « Essays In Pastoral Medicine » by Austin Malley
  • After this time came a reaction against the death penalty for theft.
  • Extract from : « The History of Margaret Catchpole » by Richard Cobbold

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