capital punishment
legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds
0 sources
Summary
capital punishment is a manner of death[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of manner of death entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (144,127 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: execution[3], sentence[4], cause of death[5], homicide[6], punishment[7], unnatural death[8], divine retribution[9]
- Commons category: Death penalty[10]
- Has cause: human overpopulation[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Capital punishment[12]
- Described by source: The Catholic Encyclopedia[13], Encyclopedia of Global Justice[14], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[18], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Otto's encyclopedia[20], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21], New World Encyclopedia[22], Red Blue Translator[23], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[24], Pauly–Wissowa[25]
- Topic has template: Template:Capital punishment[26]
- Has effect: execution[27]
- Practiced by: executioner[28], Scharfrichter[29]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[30], WikiProject Human rights[31], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[32]
Why It Matters
capital punishment has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]