This is a list of methods of
capital punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...
, also known as execution.
Current methods
Ancient methods
Many of the former methods combine execution with torture, often intending to make a spectacle of pain and suffering with overtones of
sadism
Sadism may refer to:
* Sadomasochism, the giving or receiving of pleasure from acts involving the receipt or infliction of pain or humiliation
* Sadistic personality disorder, an obsolete term proposed for individuals who derive pleasure from the s ...
, cruelty, intimidation, and
dehumanisation
Dehumanization is the denial of full humanness in others and the cruelty and suffering that accompanies it. A practical definition refers to it as the viewing and treatment of other persons as though they lack the mental capacities that are c ...
.
See also
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Capital punishment in Judaism
References
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External links
Death Penalty Worldwide:Academic research database on the laws, practice, and statistics of capital punishment for every death penalty country in the world.
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