Antonyms for death penaltydeath penal·ty

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1. death penaltynoun

   Synonyms:
   capital punishment

2. death penaltynoun

   A punishment in which the person who committed the offence is put to death by the state.

   Synonyms:
   capital punishment

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1. execution, executing, capital punishment, death penaltynoun

   putting a condemned person to death

   Synonyms:
   slaying, performance, carrying into action, execution, implementation, instruction execution, capital punishment, execution of instrument, executing, carrying out, murder, writ of execution

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1. Cynthia Hawke Renn:

   I feel like the death penalty was an easy way out, and life in prison certainly, in my opinion, is not bad enough, i wish there were an alternative because I think that punishments should fit the crime.

2. Steve Urquhart:

   The death penalty makes absolutely no sense in 2016, it costs an awful lot of money to execute a prisoner compared to holding that prisoner in jail for the rest of his or her life.

3. Police General Chatchawan Suksomjit:

   If the trafficked person dies in the hands of the trafficker then the sentence can now be life in prison or even the death penalty.

4. Jenny Cudd:

   All we need is one public hanging, and then people will start acting right -- kind of like it would be useful if we still had the firing squad for the death penalty, we shall see if there will be a public hanging in our future because it is still considered a valid form of death for treason.

5. Cassandra Stubbs:

   This shows that the Supreme Court continues to apply close scrutiny to the death penalty. I think it's really a harbinger of the day coming when the Supreme Court is going to strike it down.

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