☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Death Penalty

Capital punishment — the execution of a person convicted of a capital crime. Constitutional under the Eighth Amendment (Gregg v. Georgia, 1976) but subject to extensive procedural safeguards.

Category: Philosophy of Punishment · Source: Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (1976)
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