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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Capital punishment or the death penalty?

What is the difference between capital punishment and the death penalty?
What is correct? ; the abolition of capital punishment/ the death penalty
  

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Hi, Both expressions are fine, and mean the same thing. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, Both expressions are fine, and mean the same thing.
  • Clive
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Hi,

Both expressions are fine, and mean the same thing.

Clive
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In US usage the word "capital punishment" refers to the death penalty in the United States only. It is not used to refer to the death penalty in other countries.
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