English-Spanish translations for death penalty

• pena de muerte
  Pena de muerte en Nigeria (votación) Death penalty in Nigeria (vote)
  Abolición de la pena de muerte Abolition of the death penalty
  Se ha hablado de la pena de muerte. The death penalty was mentioned.
• pena capital
  Es un hecho que la práctica homosexual acarrea la pena capital. It is a fact that homosexual activity carries the death penalty.
  Este es el caso especialmente de la lucha contra la pena capital. They include, in particular, the fight to abolish the death penalty.
  Lamentablemente, en los Estados Unidos, como todos sabemos, la pena capital sigue vigente. Regrettably, in the United States, as we all know, the death penalty is still in force.

Definition of death penalty

• A punishment in which the offender is put to death by the state

Related words

• near-death experience
• Near Death Experience
• year of a person's death