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The death penalty: execution as a punishment for a crime.

Punishment by execution.

Debates about capital punishment, or execution, show this clearly. Supporters argued that execution protected society, deterred murder and provided punishment proportionate to the crime. Opponents argued that wrongful convictions made execution an irreversible injustice.

The execution of an offender as punishment for a crime.

Punishment by execution; an offence carrying this penalty is a capital offence.

A punishment in which the state executes a person convicted of a crime; also called the death penalty.

The death penalty: execution by the state as punishment for a crime.

Execution: putting an offender to death as a legal punishment.

Capital punishment meant execution. Hanging was a frequent method for serious crimes, including murder. Beheading was another method, typically associated with the nobility and regarded as more honourable than hanging.

A punishment in which the state executes a person convicted of a crime; also called the death penalty.

Distinguish the aim from the method: deterrence and retribution are aims; fines, corporal punishment and capital punishment are methods.

Bentley did not fire the fatal shot. Explain why his conviction and execution nevertheless raised concerns about capital punishment.

Distinguish capital punishment, which causes death, from corporal punishment, which causes physical pain.