How to Use capital punishment in a Sentence

capital punishment

noun
  • Trump said will no longer face capital punishment.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Prison staff, in these final two days, are inspecting all rooms and equipment in the capital punishment unit.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Dec. 2025
  • In 1937, the state replaced hanging with lethal gas as the method of capital punishment.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Despite knowing a bit about Hood’s work, the filmmakers didn’t know much about the capital punishment.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Our Founders knew well that only capital punishment can bring justice and restore order in response to such evil.
    — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 17 Feb. 2026
  • While capital punishment is practiced by fewer jurisdictions, those that do it use it often.
    — The Week Us, TheWeek, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Trump has long advocated for broader use of capital punishment.
    — Nik Popli, Time, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Brown could face capital punishment if convicted.
    — Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
  • What is clear is that the legislation represents more than a policy choice about capital punishment.
    — Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The ruling was at least a temporary, rare victory for opponents of capital punishment in a state that has had one of the busiest death chambers in the country.
    — Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • Seven executions have been carried out in the state since capital punishment was resumed, including three men who chose to die by firing squad.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
  • Nathan Hochman has not said when prosecutors will make a decision about seeking capital punishment.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Pope Francis changed the church’s social teaching to declare capital punishment immoral in all cases.
    — Nicole Winfield, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Public opinion is currently split, but support for capital punishment is waning.
    — The Week Us, TheWeek, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Therefore, capital punishment is not considered a penalty for sedition.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 21 Nov. 2025
  • In the end, Ellroy decides that what Dieterling needs isn’t capital punishment or even prison, just medical care.
    — Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Travis Scott is coming to the defense of a Texas man whose rap lyrics were used during sentencing to decide upon capital punishment.
    — Sharareh Drury, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The potential capital punishment case is pending.
    — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
  • The move brought closure for some of the victims’ families, but others were outraged that prosecutors didn't take him to trial and seek capital punishment.
    — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Still, the United States is in the global minority of countries that use capital punishment.
    — Josh Meyer, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
  • During voir dire, anyone who’s against capital punishment is excused from serving; the law demands that jurors remain amenable to all potential sentences.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The firearm charge carries the possibility of capital punishment.
    — Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the Department of Justice has reversed course on capital punishment.
    — Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Badinter’s campaign against capital punishment had its origins in his own brutal family history.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Since the court did not outlaw capital punishment under any circumstance, states that wanted to be able to seek the death penalty went to work to craft new laws that could address the various issues raised by the justices.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Federal prosecutors declined to seek the death penalty under a plea deal, a rare test of capital punishment in a state that abolished executions more than a century ago.
    — Tim Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • Hood, an Old Catholic priest based in Little Rock, has been arrested multiple times for his activism against capital punishment.
    — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Minnesota abolished capital punishment in 1911 and has never had a federal death penalty case.
    — Tim Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • If convicted as charged, Reiner could face a death sentence or life in prison without the possibility of parole, though a decision hasn’t been made on whether to seek capital punishment.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Under Florida law, only eight of 12 jurors have to vote for the death penalty, not the unanimous vote required by most states that permit capital punishment.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026

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