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• n  the act of punishing
• n  a payment required for not fulfilling a contract
• n  the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition
  neglected his health and paid the penalty
• n  (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game

• THE enormity of killing one's fellow man with premeditation is the principal reason for the existence of the death penalty; it is also the principal argument for abolishing it.
• New Jersey becomes the first state in modern times to abolish capital punishment, as momentum builds nationwide to reconsider seldom-used death-penalty statutes.
• Texas District Attorney Ronald Earle supports the death penalty, but has doubts.

• punishment
• penalization
• penalisation

• reward

News & Articles

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• Kansas death penalty foe to bike ride for repeal
  A longtime opponent of the Kansas death penalty plans to bicycle 100 miles through northeast Kansas to push legislators to repeal the law.
  June 17, 2013 - The Kansas City Star
• Death penalty reinstated for convicted killer
  The Georgia Supreme Court has reversed a lower court's ruling and reinstated the death penalty for the man convicted of a 1993 murder.
  June 17, 2013 - WXIA-TV Atlanta
• Lawyers preparing for US death penalty trial in Vt
  MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Lawyers in the case of the Vermont man facing the federal death penalty on charges he sexually assaulted and killed his niece five years ago are asking for more time to prepare their jury-selection procedures.        
  June 17, 2013 - Boston Globe