Execution
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Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences.
Historically, the execution of criminals and political opponents was used by nearly all societies—both to punish crime and to suppress political dissent.
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