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- Dictionarydeath pen·al·ty/ˈdeTH ˌpenəltē/
noun
- 1. the punishment of execution, administered to someone legally convicted of a capital crime: "offenses carrying the death penalty"
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- Capital punishment
Legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct. The sentence ordering that an offender be punished in such a manner is known as a death sentence, and the act of carrying out the sentence is known as an execution. Wikipedia
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