capital punishment

Example Sentences

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Nathan Hochman has not said when prosecutors will make a decision about seeking capital punishment.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

The Court had in prior decades issued many emergency orders in election and capital punishment cases.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Nowhere has this been more clearly on display than in the world of capital punishment.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

South Korea has an unofficial moratorium on capital punishment -- the last prisoners were executed in 1997 -- with a death sentence effectively banishing Yoon to life behind bars.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

I didn't really know anything about capital punishment and hadn't even taken a class in criminal procedure yet.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson