Below you will find example sentences with "capital punishment". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Capital Punishment in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: punishment
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 23
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 25.9 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 1 start, 11 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "capital punishment" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 1978 when capital punishment was reinstated, allow for capital punishment only in, crime, death and court stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with capital management, capital markets, capital territory and collective punishment, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with capital punishment
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
But in 1976, the court ruled that capital punishment was constitutional in limited circumstances. (14 words)
Capital punishment is still legal in Libya, but the ultimate penalty is not often applied. (15 words)
An Indian court has previously said capital punishment is for the 'rarest of the rare case'. (16 words)
This means individuals currently on New Mexico's Death Row can still be executed, and those convicted of capital crimes before July 1, 2009 may still be sentenced to capital punishment under the pre-existing death penalty statute. (38 words)
According to corrections statistics, 82 condemned California inmates have died from natural causes since 1978, when capital punishment was reinstated after a period in which the state Supreme Court ruled it to be cruel and unusual punishment. (37 words)
A Texas judge last year put off a state trial in the case, saying that determining how to proceed would be affected by the decision from federal prosecutors on whether they would seek capital punishment. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
As of July 1, 2014, a permit is no longer required to possess a loaded handgun in a motor vehicle. citation Capital punishment Capital punishment has existed in Tennessee at various times since statehood.
In Latin America, most states have completely abolished the use of capital punishment while some countries, such as Brazil, allow for capital punishment only in exceptional situations, such as treason committed during wartime.
According to corrections statistics, 82 condemned California inmates have died from natural causes since 1978, when capital punishment was reinstated after a period in which the state Supreme Court ruled it to be cruel and unusual punishment.
Particularly controversial are his views on capital punishment, which he believes is appropriate punishment for a wide variety of crimes.
Thus depending on the severity of the crime a punishment of severe scourging with the thick rod or of exile to the remote Lingnan region might take the place of capital punishment.
This means individuals currently on New Mexico's Death Row can still be executed, and those convicted of capital crimes before July 1, 2009 may still be sentenced to capital punishment under the pre-existing death penalty statute.
An Indian court has previously said capital punishment is for the 'rarest of the rare case'.
Anti-death penalty campaigners say that the case encapsulates Singapore’s ardent use of capital punishment, which is often imposed despite flimsy or circumstantial evidence.
As I have witnessed time and again in my correspondence and conversations with the condemned, capital punishment constitutes — torture.
A Texas judge last year put off a state trial in the case, saying that determining how to proceed would be affected by the decision from federal prosecutors on whether they would seek capital punishment.
Bonowitz says Biden won’t take action to keep his 2020 promise during the 2024 campaign, because he understands that voters care more about pocketbook issues than capital punishment.
Bowers was sentenced to death last month after a jury determined that capital punishment was appropriate.
But in 1976, the court ruled that capital punishment was constitutional in limited circumstances.
Capital punishment is still legal in Libya, but the ultimate penalty is not often applied.
For Reisig, if a suspect is determined to have a mental illness that played a significant role in the commission of the crime, he won’t pursue capital punishment.
In August 2018, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a new draft of the Catechism of the Catholic Church’s paragraph regarding capital punishment.
Legal and ethical questions have swirled around capital punishment in the United States after several lethal injections have been botched in recent years.
Protesters Wednesday blocked the busy Udaipur-Killa road in Tripura’s Gomati district, burnt tyres and stalled traffic for hours, demanding capital punishment for those who allegedly killed an elderly man Tuesday.
That was new; in the past, public support for capital punishment has tended to rise along with fears about crime.
The execution in Singapore was carried out despite appeals from rights groups, who argue capital punishment has no proven deterrent effect on crime.