Capital Punishment

Capital Punishment I. Definitions. A. capital: Of or pertaining to the head or top. 2. Affecting, or involving loss of, the head or life. B. punishment: The action of punishing or the fact of being punished; the infliction of a penalty in retribution for an offence; also, that which is inflicted as a penalty; a penalty imposed to ensure the application and enforcement of a law. C. punish: As an act of a superior or of public authority: To cause (an offender) to suffer for an offence; to subject to j...