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Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a government sanctioned punishment whereby a person is put to death by the state for a crime. (Wikipedia)

Indonesia has toughened its punishments for child rapists to include the death penalty and chemical castration. (BBC News)

"For example, any commutation of the death penalty to life imprisonment would fit the definition of that the Justice Department calls a ""term commutation,"" as opposed to the more typical ""time served"" commutation." (USA Today)

Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj has announced a moratorium on the death penalty, and called for the punishment to be abolished. (BBC News)