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corporal punishment
corporal punishment : punishment inflicted on a person's body see also cruel and unusual punishment NOTE: The prohibition on cruel
capital punishment
capital punishment : death penalty
death penalty
is not excessive in relation to the crime. A statute mandating the death penalty is unconstitutional, however. A sentencing judge is required to consider any mitigating circumstances before imposing the death penalty for a crime.
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punishment
punishment 1 : the act of punishing 2 : a penalty (as a fine or imprisonment) inflicted on an
Conviction
adjudging a person guilty of a criminal offence. Thus a person will have been 'convicted' even though no punishment follows, e.g., where he is let out on his own recognizances to come up for judgment when called
Punish
Punish, means, 'inflict a penalty on as retribution for an offence, inflict a penalty on some one for (an offence)' (Concise Oxford English
punish
for the commission of (an offense) in retribution or retaliation or as a deterrent vi : to inflict punishment pun·ish·abil·i·ty [pə-ni-shə-bi-lə-tē] n pun·ish·able [pə-ni-shə-bəl] adj pun·ish·er n
penalty
penalty pl: -ties 1 : a punishment that is imposed on a wrongdoer by statute or judicial decision 2 : a pecuniary sum that by
Mitigation of punishment
Mitigation of punishment, a reduction in punishment due to mitigating circumstances that reduce the Criminal's level of culpability, such as the
Punishment
Punishment, is the penalty for transgressing the law, Jowitts Dictionary of English Law, Vol. 2 (2nd Edn. by John
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