the death penalty
noun
: death as a punishment given by a court of law for very serious crimes : capital punishment
If convicted, he could face the death penalty.
She opposes the death penalty.
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His murder trial is expected to start with jury selection in late July, and prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty if Kohberger is convicted.
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Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 15 Apr. 2025
Mahdi's lawyers argued that his original trial attorneys were not prepared to handle the death penalty trial and ignored the impact that months spent in prison solitary confinement had on him as a teenager after witnessing traumatic events in his childhood.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel, asked a New York federal judge to prevent the Trump administration from seeking the death penalty against him.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
Mangione’s attorneys said U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi violated his rights to due process by abandoning normal procedures for seeking the death penalty, and that Bondi prejudiced the pool of grand jurors who will be asked by prosecutors to indict Mangione.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
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Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 15 Apr. 2025
Mahdi's lawyers argued that his original trial attorneys were not prepared to handle the death penalty trial and ignored the impact that months spent in prison solitary confinement had on him as a teenager after witnessing traumatic events in his childhood.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel, asked a New York federal judge to prevent the Trump administration from seeking the death penalty against him.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
Mangione’s attorneys said U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi violated his rights to due process by abandoning normal procedures for seeking the death penalty, and that Bondi prejudiced the pool of grand jurors who will be asked by prosecutors to indict Mangione.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
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“The death penalty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20death%20penalty. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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