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Definition of the death penalty noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
It cannot justify the imposition of any punishment; a fortiori, it cannot justify the imposition of the death penalty. Nor can it go any way toward indicating which types of conduct should be criminalized, or which types of punishments should be levied, or how severe those punishments should be.
Where the death penalty is retained, arguments favoring its use are likely to focus on issues of deterrence, retribution, and religious doctrine.
The death penalty rationalises deliberate killing, and makes retribution a principle of penal policy. At another level, however, the abolition of the death penalty is not an obvious priority. It is concerned with the forms of punishment, rather than the causes of crime.
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun death penalty. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
Death was the penalty for a wide range of offenses, not only murder, but property crimes and moral misconduct as well. Death came in a variety of forms: hanging, breaking on the wheel, clubbing, burning, the sword or the axe, drawing and quartering.
21 sie 2008 · The two main arguments for the death penalty are deterrence and retribution. Few experts believe that the threat of capital punishment is an effective deterrent. That leaves retribution.
