Death Penalty (Noun)
Meaning
Putting a condemned person to death.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The judge imposed the death penalty on the convicted murderer, and the sentence was carried out by lethal injection the following month.
- Opponents of capital punishment argue that the death penalty is morally wrong and violates human rights.
- In some countries, the death penalty is reserved for particularly heinous crimes such as treason or mass murder.
- The execution of the prisoner by hanging was widely condemned as an example of a cruel and outdated death penalty.
- Many people believe that the death penalty serves as a deterrent to crime, but research suggests that its effectiveness is uncertain.