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Ancient Roman military punishment killing a tenth of a unit
most commonly to mean total destruction or annihilation. Decimation was the most extreme punishment of the Roman army, where a tenth of a unit that had proven
Decimation_(punishment)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up decimation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Decimation, Decimate, or variants may refer to: Decimation (punishment), punitive discipline Decimation
Decimation
History of the death penalty in the UK
Capital punishment in the United Kingdom predates the formation of the UK, having been used in Britain and Ireland from ancient times until the second
Capital punishment in the United Kingdom
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Legal killing of a person as punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual
Capital_punishment
In the United States, capital punishment (also known as the death penalty) is a legal penalty in 27 states (of which two, Oregon and Wyoming, have no inmates
Capital punishment in the United States
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Capital punishment as a criminal punishment for homosexuality has been implemented by a number of countries in their history. It is a legal punishment in several
Capital punishment for homosexuality
Capital_punishment_for_homosexuality
Capital punishment in the Netherlands (Dutch: doodstraf in Nederland) was abolished in 1870 in criminal law after the States General recognized it to be
Capital punishment in the Netherlands
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European Union (EU) condemned it and stated that capital punishment is a cruel and inhumane punishment, which not only failed to deter crime but also defied
Capital punishment in Singapore
Capital_punishment_in_Singapore
Method of capital punishment
capital punishment where a group throws stones at a person until the subject dies from blunt trauma. It has been attested as a form of punishment for grave
Stoning
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Japan. The Penal Code of Japan and several laws list 14 capital crimes, though in practice it is applied only
Capital_punishment_in_Japan
Capital punishment, also called the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as a punishment for a crime. It has historically been used
Capital_punishment_by_country
The death penalty is a legal punishment in Saudi Arabia. Most executions in the country are carried out by decapitation (beheading). Saudi Arabia is the
Capital punishment in Saudi Arabia
Capital_punishment_in_Saudi_Arabia
Capital punishment in Malaysia is used as a penalty within its legal system for various crimes, although there have been no executions since 2017. There
Capital punishment in Malaysia
Capital_punishment_in_Malaysia
Capital punishment in Canada dates to Canada's earliest history, including its period as first a French and then a British colony. From 1867 to the elimination
Capital_punishment_in_Canada
Capital punishment (trest smrti in Czech) is forbidden by the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Czech Republic (part of the constitutional
Capital punishment in the Czech Republic
Capital_punishment_in_the_Czech_Republic
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in South Korea. As of August 2023, there were 59 people on death row in South Korea. The method of execution is hanging
Capital punishment in South Korea
Capital_punishment_in_South_Korea
Execution method
First used in 1890, the electric chair has become a symbol of capital punishment in the United States. The electric chair was once thought to cause death
Electric_chair
Capital punishment in India is the highest legal penalty for crimes under the country's main substantive penal legislation, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
Capital_punishment_in_India
Legal term
Collective punishment is a punishment or sanction imposed on a group or whole community for acts allegedly perpetrated by a member or some members of that
Collective_punishment
Capital punishment in the Philippines (Filipino: Parusang kamatayan sa Pilipinas) was abolished in 2006. The death penalty as a form of state-sponsored
Capital punishment in the Philippines
Capital_punishment_in_the_Philippines
Capital punishment in Germany has been abolished for all crimes and is prohibited by the German constitution. It was abolished in West Germany in 1949
Capital_punishment_in_Germany
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the Republic of China (Taiwan). The list of capital offences for which the death penalty can be imposed includes
Capital_punishment_in_Taiwan
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Pakistan. Although there have been numerous amendments to the Constitution, there is yet to be a provision prohibiting
Capital punishment in Pakistan
Capital_punishment_in_Pakistan
Medieval punishment for high treason
To be hanged, drawn and quartered was a method of capital punishment used principally to execute men convicted of high treason in medieval and early modern
Hanged,_drawn_and_quartered
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the People's Republic of China. It is applicable to offenses ranging from murder to drug trafficking. Executions
Capital_punishment_in_China
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Sri Lanka, enforceable under Chapter XVI, Section 296 of the Penal Code Ordinance of Sri Lanka. Although no executions
Capital punishment in Sri Lanka
Capital_punishment_in_Sri_Lanka
Capital punishment in the Cook Islands was part of its legal system until the penalty was abolished in 2007, though no-one was ever executed. The death
Capital punishment in the Cook Islands
Capital_punishment_in_the_Cook_Islands
Capital punishment – the sentencing of convicted offenders to death for the most serious crimes (capital crimes) and carrying out the sentence, as ordered
Capital punishment in New Zealand
Capital_punishment_in_New_Zealand
of seven countries to have abolished capital punishment for "ordinary crimes only." Capital punishment has only been imposed twice in the history of
Capital_punishment_in_Israel
that continues to carry out the death penalty. As of early 2025, capital punishment remains a legal penalty, with at least one execution confirmed in 2022
Capital_punishment_in_Belarus
Capital punishment for offenses is allowed by law in some countries. Such offenses include adultery, apostasy, blasphemy, corruption, drug trafficking
Capital punishment for non-violent offenses
Capital_punishment_for_non-violent_offenses
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Vietnam for a variety of crimes. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative gives Vietnam a score of 5 out of 10
Capital_punishment_in_Vietnam
Death by suspension around the neck
with a noose or ligature. Hanging has been a standard method of capital punishment since the Middle Ages, and has been the primary execution method in numerous
Hanging
Capital punishment in Australia has been abolished in all jurisdictions since 1985. Queensland abolished the death penalty in 1922. Tasmania did the same
Capital punishment in Australia
Capital_punishment_in_Australia
Capital punishment in France (French: peine de mort en France) is banned by Article 66-1 of the Constitution of the French Republic, voted as a constitutional
Capital_punishment_in_France
Capital punishment has been completely abolished in all European countries except for Belarus and Russia, the latter of which has a moratorium and has
Capital_punishment_in_Europe
Execution method
garrote vil (Spanish: [ɡaˈrote ˈβil]), is a weapon and a method of capital punishment. It consists of a handheld (or, in later years, sometimes mechanical)
Garrote
1842 failed Republic of Texas military expedition against Mexico
Capt. Thomas Mayne Reid. Texas portal History portal Ciudad Mier Decimation (punishment) John Christopher Columbus Hill Texan Santa Fe Expedition Lord,
Mier_expedition
Capital punishment in Thailand is a legal penalty, and the country is, as of 2021, one of 54 nations to retain capital punishment both in legislation
Capital punishment in Thailand
Capital_punishment_in_Thailand
Capital punishment in Andorra was abolished in 1990, and was last used in 1943, for the public execution of Pere Areny Aleix. Prior instances of people
Capital_punishment_in_Andorra
Execution, murder, or suicide method
a long history as a form of public capital punishment, and many societies have employed it as a punishment for and warning against crimes such as treason
Death_by_burning
Torture device used for capital punishment
place in Prussia in 1841. In the Holy Roman Empire, it was a "mirror punishment" for highwaymen and street thieves, and was set out in the Sachsenspiegel
Breaking_wheel
Capital punishment in premodern East Asia
was the most severe punishment for a capital offense in premodern China, Korea, and Vietnam. A collective form of kin punishment typically associated
Nine_familial_exterminations
Apparatus designed for carrying out executions by beheading
their subjects. The design of the guillotine was intended to make capital punishment more reliable and less painful in accordance with new Enlightenment ideas
Guillotine
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Indonesia. Although the death penalty is normally enforced only in grave cases of premeditated murder, corruption
Capital punishment in Indonesia
Capital_punishment_in_Indonesia
Capital punishment in Peru was last used in 1979. In the same year, the death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes. Peru is one of seven countries
Capital_punishment_in_Peru
list of methods of capital punishment, also known as execution. These well-known and notable methods of capital punishment are currently legal in at least
List of methods of capital punishment
List_of_methods_of_capital_punishment
Capital punishment in South Africa was abolished on 6 June 1995 by the ruling of the Constitutional Court in the case of S v Makwanyane, following a five
Capital punishment in South Africa
Capital_punishment_in_South_Africa
020040060080010002011201320152017201920212023ExecutionsExecutions in Iran by Year Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Iran. The list of crimes punishable by death includes
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Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the United Arab Emirates. Emirati law allows the death penalty for: premeditated murder, and for some other forms
Capital punishment in the United Arab Emirates
Capital_punishment_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates
Capital punishment was abolished in Turkey in 2004, and no prisoners have been executed since October 1984. Before that, over 500 convicts sentenced to
Capital_punishment_in_Turkey
Roman military behaviors
cowardly soldiers in exceptional cases. A cohort selected for punishment by decimation was divided into groups of ten; each group cast lots, and the soldier
Roman military decorations and punishments
Roman_military_decorations_and_punishments
Insufficient oxygen in breathed air
asphyxiation has been approved in some places as a method of capital punishment. In the world's first instance of its use, on January 25, 2024, Alabama
Inert_gas_asphyxiation
Person who executes a sentence of death
hangman or headsman, is an official who effects a sentence of capital punishment on a condemned person. The executioner was usually presented with a warrant
Executioner
Capital punishment is legal in Tonga, but has not been imposed since 1982. The country's lack of executions puts it into the category of a state abolitionist
Capital_punishment_in_Tonga
Capital punishment in modern Greece was carried out using the guillotine (until 1913) or by firing squad. It was last applied in 1972 during the military
Capital_punishment_in_Greece
Capital punishment is a long unused form of punishment in Brazil. The last recorded instance of a death penalty convict being executed in the country was
Capital_punishment_in_Brazil
Capital punishment is forbidden in Switzerland under article 10, paragraph 1 of the Swiss Federal Constitution. Capital punishment was abolished from federal
Capital punishment in Switzerland
Capital_punishment_in_Switzerland
Roman civilisation from the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD
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Index of ancient Rome–related articles
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Capital punishment in Portugal has been abolished since 1976. Portugal was a pioneer in the abolition of capital punishment, having abolished initially
Capital punishment in Portugal
Capital_punishment_in_Portugal
for approximately 20 minutes. This resulted in the abolition of capital punishment in Wisconsin. John Tapner (1854) – Hanging. The rope did not break his
List_of_botched_executions
Person declared as outside the protection of the law
death penalty is conspicuously absent, and outlawing is the most extreme punishment, presumably amounting to a death sentence in practice. The concept is
Outlaw
Form of execution involving injection of chemicals into the bloodstream
of causing death. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but the term may also be applied in a broader sense to include euthanasia
Lethal_injection
Capital punishment for murder was abolished in Cyprus on 15 December 1983. It was abolished for all crimes on 19 April 2002. The death penalty was replaced
Capital_punishment_in_Cyprus
Capital punishment has not been applied in San Marino for centuries. It was provided for by the 1352–53 statutes, by decapitation in the case of treason
Capital punishment in San Marino
Capital_punishment_in_San_Marino
Meal preceding one's execution
execution. Food portal Law portal Capital punishment Death row Final statement Last Supper Religion and capital punishment Mikkelson, David (30 October 2014)
Last_meal
British table for the calculation of the length of rope to use in long-drop hangings
to be used in the United Kingdom until the country suspended capital punishment in 1965, and the UK abolished the death penalty altogether in 1998. The
Official_Table_of_Drops
Expression for proportional punishment
not always refer to literal eye-for-an-eye codes of justice (see mirror punishment), but rather applies to the broader class of legal systems that formulate
Eye_for_an_eye
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Russia but is not used due to a moratorium and no death sentences or executions have been carried out since 2
Capital_punishment_in_Russia
Capital punishment in Romania was abolished in 1990, and has been prohibited by the Constitution of Romania since 1991. The death penalty has a long and
Capital_punishment_in_Romania
Event by which a person is forced away from home
law, exsilium denoted both voluntary exile and banishment as a capital punishment alternative to death. Deportation was forced exile, and entailed the lifelong
Exile
vastik tüüp". 28 October 2021. "70 percent of Estonians support capital punishment". 15 June 2015. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2311219 https://news
Capital_punishment_in_Estonia
Capital punishment in Bhutan was abolished on March 20, 2004 and is prohibited under the 2008 Constitution. The prohibition appears among a number of fundamental
Capital_punishment_in_Bhutan
Method of execution/torture
Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment and torture in which the condemned is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross, beam, or stake, and usually
Crucifixion
morality of capital punishment and, as such, they have historically impacted the way in which governments handle such punishment practices. Although the
Religion and capital punishment
Religion_and_capital_punishment
Capital punishment in Sudan is legal under Article 27 of the Sudanese Criminal Act 1991. The Act is based on Sharia law which prescribes both the death
Capital_punishment_in_Sudan
Capital punishment in Macau was formally abolished in 1976 and reiterated in the Penal Code of Macau in 1995. Before that, capital punishment was last
Capital_punishment_in_Macau
Capital punishment remained in Polish law until 1 September 1998, but from 1989 executions were suspended, the last one taking place one year earlier.
Capital_punishment_in_Poland
Execution by multiple shooters on command
called fusillading (from the French fusil, rifle), is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in the military and in times of war. Some reasons
Execution_by_firing_squad
Execution of a convict who is actually innocent
occurring when an innocent person is put to death by capital punishment. Opponents of capital punishment often cite cases of wrongful execution as arguments,
Wrongful_execution
Torture and execution device
of Pain: Punishment and Torture Through History, The History Press, ISBN 978-0-7509-4583-7 Thompson, Irene (2008), The A to Z of Punishment and Torture:
Brazen_bull
Capital punishment in the Gaza Strip has been enforced by multiple governments, militaries, and irregular militias throughout the area's history. A large
Capital punishment in the Gaza Strip
Capital_punishment_in_the_Gaza_Strip
Removal of organs from the gastrointestinal tract
Historically, disembowelment has been used as a severe form of capital punishment. Various accounts have asserted that during the Vietnam War, members of
Disembowelment
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Egypt. The state carried out at least 44 executions in 2016, at least 35 in 2017, and at least 43 in 2018, according
Capital_punishment_in_Egypt
Live entombment usually until death
entombment as punishment if they were found guilty of breaking their chastity vows. Immurement has also been well established as a punishment of robbers
Immurement
Capital punishment in the Soviet Union was a legal penalty for most of the country's existence. The claimed legal basis for capital punishment was Article
Capital punishment in the Soviet Union
Capital_punishment_in_the_Soviet_Union
Capital punishment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a legal penalty; however, the nation has not carried out any executions since 2003, meaning
Capital punishment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Capital_punishment_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
Capital punishment in Myanmar is a legal penalty. Myanmar is classified as a "retentionist" state. Before 25 July 2022, Myanmar was considered "abolitionist
Capital_punishment_in_Myanmar
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in North Korea. It is used for many offenses, such as grand theft, murder, rape, drug smuggling, treason, espionage
Capital punishment in North Korea
Capital_punishment_in_North_Korea
Completely removing the limbs from a living or dead being
dead being. It has been practiced upon human beings as a form of capital punishment, especially in connection with regicide, but can occur as a result of
Dismemberment
Capital punishment in Norway (Norwegian: dødsstraff) has been constitutionally prohibited since 2014. Before that, it had been fully abolished in 1979
Capital_punishment_in_Norway
Capital punishment in Ireland was abolished in statute law in 1990, having been abolished in 1964 for most offences including ordinary murder. The last
Capital_punishment_in_Ireland
Comics character
Tempo as followers. After learning that no mutants have been born post-Decimation and that mutants are now an endangered species, he leaves. In Antarctica
Exodus_(character)
Capital punishment
The use of capital punishment in peacetime in Italy has been banned since 1889, with the exception of the period 1926–1947, encompassing the rule of Fascism
Capital_punishment_in_Italy
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Iraq. It was commonly used by the government of Saddam Hussein (who was himself ultimately executed), was temporarily
Capital_punishment_in_Iraq
Display of executed criminals from a gallows-type structure
a gibbet is also called hanging in chains. Gibbeting was a common law punishment, which a judge could impose in addition to execution. As a sentence for
Gibbeting
Execution method
sometimes a hook and pulley system. Instances of boiling alive as a legal punishment were quite rare and infrequent compared to other forms of execution, such
Death_by_boiling
Capital punishment is permitted in Tajikistan by Article 18 of the 1999 Constitution of Tajikistan, which provides: Every person has the right to life
Capital punishment in Tajikistan
Capital_punishment_in_Tajikistan
In Bangladesh, capital punishment is legal but only applicable to individuals over 18. Crimes currently punishable by death are set out in the Penal Code
Capital punishment in Bangladesh
Capital_punishment_in_Bangladesh
Archaic Chinese method of torture and execution
likely varied. The punishment worked on three levels: as a form of public humiliation, as a slow and lingering death, and as a punishment after death.[citation
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