capital punishment

English - Turkish

Definition of capital punishment in English Turkish dictionary

idam cezası

ölüm cezası

Related Terms

serious capital punishment

(Ticaret) büyük maddi ceza

death sentence

idam hükmü

English - English

Definition of capital punishment in English English dictionary

punishment by death

death sentence

Capital punishment is punishment which involves the legal killing of a person who has committed a serious crime such as murder. Most democracies have abolished capital punishment. The penalty of death for the commission of a crime. punishment which involves killing someone who has committed a crime death penalty. or death penalty Execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law of a criminal offense. Capital punishment for murder, treason, arson, and rape was widely employed in ancient Greece, and the Romans also used it for a wide range of offenses. It also has been sanctioned at one time or another by most of the world's major religions. In 1794 the U.S. state of Pennsylvania became the first jurisdiction to restrict the death penalty to first-degree murder, and in 1846 Michigan abolished capital punishment for all murders and other common crimes. In 1863 Venezuela became the first country to abolish capital punishment for all crimes. Portugal was the first European country to abolish the death penalty (1867). By the mid-1960s some 25 countries had abolished the death penalty for murder. During the last third of the 20th century, the number of abolitionist countries increased more than threefold. Despite the movement toward abolition, many countries have retained capital punishment, and some have extended its scope. In the U.S., three-fourths of the states and the federal government retain the death penalty, and death sentences are regularly carried out in China, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and Iran. Supporters of the death penalty claim that life imprisonment is not an effective deterrent to criminal behaviour. Opponents maintain that the death penalty has never been an effective deterrent, that errors sometimes lead to the execution of innocent persons, and that capital punishment is imposed inequitably, mostly on the poor and on racial minorities

Related Terms

capital punishments

plural form of capital punishment

Hyphenation

cap·i·tal pun·ish·ment

Turkish pronunciation

käpıtıl pʌnîşmınt

Synonyms

death sentence, death warrant, execution, extreme penalty, judicial murder

Pronunciation

/ˈkapətəl ˈpənəsʜmənt/ /ˈkæpətəl ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/

Etymology

() capital + punishment, originally by beheading or decapitating

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