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DEATH PENALTY KEY WORDS

1. Death penalty : legal infliction of death as a penalty for violating criminal law.

Other Examples 1) A death warrant : an order for one's execution.
2) A reprieve on the execution : a stay of the execution.

2. Sentence [ condemn ] a person to death : to give ~ the death penalty.

Other Examples 1) A death row : a death [ condemned ] cell.
2) A capital [ death sentence ] : a sentence of death.

3. Lethal injection : the administration of fatal amount of fast-acting drugs.

Other Examples 1) Adopt execution by lethal injection.
2) Legalize [ ban ] lethal injections.

4. Death by electrocution : execution of prisoners by means of electrocution.

Other Examples 1) Be electrocuted for the murder of ~.
2) Be executed in the electric chair.

5. Execution : the act or an instance of putting to death or being put to death as a lawful penalty.

Other Examples 1) A death chamber.
2) An execution ground.

6. Execution by gunshot : execution of condemned prisoners by firing squad.

Other Examples 1) Use of machine guns to put prisoners to death.
2) Continue with the use of a firing squad.