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. • Corporal 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

How to use death penalty in a sentence?

1. Ellen Kreitzberg:

   The moral leadership the governor is showing puts us in line with other countries and other states in terms of abolishing the death penalty.

2. Neama Rahmani:

   It’s the defense’s last chance of getting the conviction thrown out now that they’ve exhausted all appeals and collateral attacks based on the facts, they’ve already succeeded on getting the death penalty overturned, so a new trial would be a huge setback for Laci, Conner, and justice for their murders.

3. Staff Janos Lazar:

   There is a debate about the introduction of the death penalty. A debate, so it is not like there is a plan to introduce the death penalty.

4. John Douglas:

   He only showed remorse towards the end and it’s because they were getting ready to fry him, when I interviewed him he was still fighting the death penalty. He spoke [to us] about his shootings like he was hunting deer. He laughed and joked.

5. Shane Glick:

   I wish he would get the death penalty for what he did to that poor little girl. She didn’t deserve it.

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