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Ancient Roman military punishment killing a tenth of a unit
most commonly to mean total destruction or annihilation. Decimation was the most extreme punishment of the Roman army, where a tenth of a unit that had proven
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Topics referred to by the same term
Look up decimation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Decimation, Decimate, or variants may refer to: Decimation (punishment), punitive discipline Decimation
Decimation
History of the death penalty in the United Kingdom
Capital punishment in the United Kingdom predates the Acts of Union 1707, having been used in Great Britain and Ireland from ancient times until the second
Capital punishment in the United Kingdom
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In the United States, capital punishment (also known as the death penalty) is a legal penalty in 27 states (of which two, Oregon and Wyoming, have no inmates
Capital punishment in the United States
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European Union (EU) condemned it and stated that capital punishment is a cruel and inhumane punishment, which not only failed to deter crime but also defied
Capital punishment in Singapore
Capital_punishment_in_Singapore
Capital punishment in the Philippines (Filipino: Parusang kamatayan sa Pilipinas) was abolished in 2006. The death penalty as a form of state-sponsored
Capital punishment in the Philippines
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Legal killing of a person as punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual
Capital_punishment
Capital punishment in Canada dates to Canada's earliest history, including its period as first a French and then a British colony. From 1867 to the elimination
Capital_punishment_in_Canada
Capital punishment as a criminal punishment for homosexuality has been implemented by a number of countries in their history. It is a legal punishment in several
Capital punishment for homosexuality
Capital_punishment_for_homosexuality
Capital punishment, also called the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as a punishment for a crime. It has historically been used
Capital_punishment_by_country
Method of capital punishment
capital punishment where a group throws stones at a person until the subject dies from blunt trauma. It has been attested as a form of punishment for grave
Stoning
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the People's Republic of China. It is applicable to offenses ranging from murder to drug trafficking. Executions
Capital_punishment_in_China
Capital punishment in Malaysia is used as a penalty within its legal system for various crimes, although there have been no executions since 2017. There
Capital punishment in Malaysia
Capital_punishment_in_Malaysia
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Japan. The Penal Code of Japan and several laws list 14 capital crimes, though in practice it is applied only
Capital_punishment_in_Japan
Execution method
First used in 1890, the electric chair has become a symbol of capital punishment in the United States. The electric chair was once thought to cause death
Electric_chair
Capital punishment is a legal punishment in Saudi Arabia. Most executions in the country are carried out by decapitation (beheading). Saudi Arabia is the
Capital punishment in Saudi Arabia
Capital_punishment_in_Saudi_Arabia
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Egypt. The state carried out at least 44 executions in 2016, at least 35 in 2017, and at least 43 in 2018, according
Capital_punishment_in_Egypt
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in South Korea. As of August 2023, there were 59 people on death row in South Korea. The method of execution is hanging
Capital punishment in South Korea
Capital_punishment_in_South_Korea
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Vietnam for a variety of crimes. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative gives Vietnam a score of 5 out of 10
Capital_punishment_in_Vietnam
of seven countries to have abolished capital punishment for "ordinary crimes only." Capital punishment has only been imposed twice in the history of
Capital_punishment_in_Israel
Capital punishment in Germany has been abolished for all crimes and is prohibited by the German constitution. It was abolished in West Germany in 1949
Capital_punishment_in_Germany
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the Republic of China (Taiwan). The list of capital offences for which the death penalty can be imposed includes
Capital_punishment_in_Taiwan
Capital punishment in Australia has been abolished in all jurisdictions since 1985. Queensland abolished the death penalty in 1922. Tasmania did the same
Capital punishment in Australia
Capital_punishment_in_Australia
Capital punishment in Thailand is a legal penalty, and the country is, as of 2021, one of 54 nations to retain capital punishment both in legislation
Capital punishment in Thailand
Capital_punishment_in_Thailand
Capital punishment (trest smrti in Czech) is forbidden by the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Czech Republic (part of the constitutional
Capital punishment in the Czech Republic
Capital_punishment_in_the_Czech_Republic
Legal term
Collective punishment is a punishment or sanction imposed on a group or whole community for acts allegedly perpetrated by a member or some members of that
Collective_punishment
Capital punishment in India is the highest legal penalty for crimes under the country's main substantive penal legislation, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
Capital_punishment_in_India
punishment in Hong Kong was formally abolished on 23 April 1993 by virtue of the Crimes (Amendment) Ordinance 1993. Before then, capital punishment was
Capital punishment in Hong Kong
Capital_punishment_in_Hong_Kong
Insufficient oxygen in breathed air
asphyxiation has been approved in some places as a method of capital punishment. In the world's first instance of its use, on January 25, 2024, Alabama
Inert_gas_asphyxiation
Capital punishment in the Netherlands (Dutch: doodstraf in Nederland) was abolished in 1870 in criminal law after the States General recognized it to be
Capital punishment in the Netherlands
Capital_punishment_in_the_Netherlands
Belarus is the only country in Europe that uses capital punishment. As of 2025, it remains a legal penalty, with at least one execution confirmed in 2022
Capital_punishment_in_Belarus
Medieval punishment for high treason
To be hanged, drawn and quartered was a method of capital punishment used principally to execute men convicted of high treason in medieval and early modern
Hanged,_drawn_and_quartered
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Pakistan. Although there have been numerous amendments to the Constitution, there is yet to be a provision prohibiting
Capital punishment in Pakistan
Capital_punishment_in_Pakistan
Death by suspension around the neck
with a noose or ligature. Hanging has been a standard method of capital punishment since the Middle Ages, and has been the primary execution method in numerous
Hanging
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Sri Lanka, enforceable under Chapter XVI, Section 296 of the Penal Code Ordinance of Sri Lanka. Although no executions
Capital punishment in Sri Lanka
Capital_punishment_in_Sri_Lanka
morality of capital punishment and, as such, they have historically impacted the way in which governments handle such punishment practices. Although the
Religion and capital punishment
Religion_and_capital_punishment
Capital punishment in the Cook Islands was part of its legal system until the penalty was abolished in 2007, though no-one was ever executed. The death
Capital punishment in the Cook Islands
Capital_punishment_in_the_Cook_Islands
list of methods of capital punishment, also known as execution. These well-known and notable methods of capital punishment are currently legal in at least
List of methods of capital punishment
List_of_methods_of_capital_punishment
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Indonesia, although last executions were carried out in July 2016. The death penalty is normally enforced only
Capital punishment in Indonesia
Capital_punishment_in_Indonesia
Capital punishment in the Soviet Union was a legal penalty for most of the country's existence. The claimed legal basis for capital punishment was Article
Capital punishment in the Soviet Union
Capital_punishment_in_the_Soviet_Union
Torture device used for capital punishment
place in Prussia in 1841. In the Holy Roman Empire, it was a "mirror punishment" for highwaymen and street thieves, and was set out in the Sachsenspiegel
Breaking_wheel
020040060080010002011201320152017201920212023ExecutionsExecutions in Iran by Year Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Iran. The list of crimes punishable by death includes
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Capital punishment in Botswana is a legal penalty applicable for murder under aggravated circumstances. Executions are carried out by hanging. It is the
Capital punishment in Botswana
Capital_punishment_in_Botswana
Capital punishment in France (French: peine de mort en France) is banned by Article 66-1 of the Constitution of the French Republic, voted as a constitutional
Capital_punishment_in_France
Capital punishment was abolished in Turkey in 2004, and no prisoners have been executed since October 1984. Before that, over 500 convicts sentenced to
Capital_punishment_in_Turkey
Capital punishment in South Africa was abolished on 6 June 1995 by the ruling of the Constitutional Court in the case of S v Makwanyane, following a five
Capital punishment in South Africa
Capital_punishment_in_South_Africa
Capital punishment in premodern East Asia
was the most severe punishment for a capital offense in premodern China, Korea, and Vietnam. A collective form of kin punishment typically associated
Nine_familial_exterminations
Execution, murder, or suicide method
a long history as a form of public capital punishment, and many societies have employed it as a punishment for and warning against crimes such as treason
Death_by_burning
Execution method
garrote vil (Spanish: [ɡaˈrote ˈβil]), is a weapon and a method of capital punishment. It consists of a handheld (or, in later years, sometimes mechanical)
Garrote
Lithuania's former capital sentence
Capital punishment in Lithuania was ruled unconstitutional and abolished for all crimes on 9 December 1998. Lithuania is a member of the Council of Europe
Capital punishment in Lithuania
Capital_punishment_in_Lithuania
Person who executes a sentence of death
hangman or headsman, is an official who effects a sentence of capital punishment on a condemned person. The executioner was usually presented with a warrant
Executioner
Capital punishment – the sentencing of convicted offenders to death for the most serious crimes (capital crimes) and carrying out the sentence, as ordered
Capital punishment in New Zealand
Capital_punishment_in_New_Zealand
Capital punishment for offenses is allowed by law in some countries. Such offenses include adultery, apostasy, blasphemy, corruption, drug trafficking
Capital punishment for non-violent offenses
Capital_punishment_for_non-violent_offenses
Capital punishment has been completely abolished in all European countries except for Belarus and Russia, the latter of which has a moratorium and has
Capital_punishment_in_Europe
Method of execution/torture
Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment and torture in which the condemned is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross, beam, or stake, and usually
Crucifixion
Capital punishment in Sudan is legal under Article 27 of the Sudanese Criminal Act 1991. The Act is based on Sharia law which prescribes both the death
Capital_punishment_in_Sudan
1842 failed Republic of Texas military expedition against Mexico
Capt. Thomas Mayne Reid. Texas portal History portal Ciudad Mier Decimation (punishment) John Christopher Columbus Hill Texan Santa Fe Expedition Lord,
Mier_expedition
Capital punishment is a long unused form of punishment in Brazil. The last recorded instance of a death penalty convict being executed in the country was
Capital_punishment_in_Brazil
Capital punishment in Croatia existed until 1991 when it was constitutionally abolished. The last execution had taken place there in 1987 when Croatia
Capital_punishment_in_Croatia
Meal preceding one's execution
execution. Food portal Law portal Capital punishment Death row Final statement Last Supper Religion and capital punishment Mikkelson, David (30 October 2014)
Last_meal
amounts of drugs, constitutes a capital offence and may result in capital punishment for drug trafficking, or possession assumed to be for drug trafficking
Capital punishment for drug trafficking
Capital_punishment_for_drug_trafficking
Method of execution
described in the records of Neo-Assyrian Empire. Those subject to the punishment included men of several social strata, from eminent captives, to troops
Flaying
Form of execution involving injection of chemicals into the bloodstream
of causing death. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment. The drugs cause the person to become unconscious, stop breathing, and
Lethal_injection
Capital punishment in Romania was abolished in 1990, and has been prohibited by the Constitution of Romania since 1991. The death penalty has a long and
Capital_punishment_in_Romania
Person declared as outside the protection of the law
death penalty is conspicuously absent, and outlawing is the most extreme punishment, presumably amounting to a death sentence in practice. The concept is
Outlaw
Capital punishment in Norway (Norwegian: dødsstraff) has been constitutionally prohibited since 2014. Before that, it had been fully abolished in 1979
Capital_punishment_in_Norway
Event by which a person is forced away from home
law, exsilium denoted both voluntary exile and banishment as a capital punishment alternative to death. Deportation was forced exile, and entailed the lifelong
Exile
British table for the calculation of the length of rope to use in long-drop hangings
to be used in the United Kingdom until the country suspended capital punishment in 1965, and the UK abolished the death penalty altogether in 1998. The
Official_Table_of_Drops
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Qatar. The offences that primarily attract the death penalty are espionage and other threats to national security
Capital_punishment_in_Qatar
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Yemen. Per capita, Yemen has one of the highest execution rates in the world. Capital punishment is typically
Capital_punishment_in_Yemen
Alleged Ancient Persian method of execution
Plutarch's description of the execution of the soldier Mithridates, given as punishment by king Artaxerxes II for taking the king’s valor and claiming to be the
Scaphism
Capital punishment has been abolished in Mexico since 15 March 2005. The last civilian execution in the country occurred in 1957, and the last military
Capital_punishment_in_Mexico
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the United Arab Emirates. Emirati law allows the death penalty for: premeditated murder, and for some other forms
Capital punishment in the United Arab Emirates
Capital_punishment_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Iraq. It was commonly used by the government of Saddam Hussein (who was himself ultimately executed), was temporarily
Capital_punishment_in_Iraq
In Bangladesh, capital punishment is legal but only applicable to individuals over 18. Crimes currently punishable by death are set out in the Penal Code
Capital punishment in Bangladesh
Capital_punishment_in_Bangladesh
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Nigeria. The death penalty is authorised by Section 33 of the Constitution of Nigeria. Capital crimes are defined
Capital_punishment_in_Nigeria
Apparatus designed for carrying out executions by beheading
their subjects. The design of the guillotine was intended to make capital punishment more reliable and less painful in accordance with new Enlightenment ideas
Guillotine
Torture and execution device
of Pain: Punishment and Torture Through History, The History Press, ISBN 978-0-7509-4583-7 Thompson, Irene (2008), The A to Z of Punishment and Torture:
Brazen_bull
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Russia but is not used due to a moratorium and no death sentences or executions have been carried out since 2
Capital_punishment_in_Russia
for approximately 20 minutes. This resulted in the abolition of capital punishment in Wisconsin. John Tapner (1854) – Hanging. The rope did not break his
List_of_botched_executions
Capital punishment in Ireland was abolished in statute law in 1990, having been abolished in 1964 for most offences including ordinary murder. The last
Capital_punishment_in_Ireland
Roman military behaviors
cowardly soldiers in exceptional cases. A cohort selected for punishment by decimation was divided into groups of ten; each group cast lots, and the soldier
Roman military decorations and punishments
Roman_military_decorations_and_punishments
Capital punishment was abolished in Slovenia in 1989, when it was still a Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (although it was not abolished on the
Capital punishment in Slovenia
Capital_punishment_in_Slovenia
Execution by multiple shooters on command
called fusillading (from the French fusil, rifle), is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in the military and in times of war. Some reasons
Execution_by_firing_squad
Live entombment usually until death
entombment as punishment if they were found guilty of breaking their chastity vows. Immurement has also been well established as a punishment of robbers
Immurement
Natural number
something by one tenth is to decimate. (In ancient Rome, the killing of one in ten soldiers in a cohort was the punishment for cowardice or mutiny; or
10
Execution of a convict who is actually innocent
occurring when an innocent person is put to death by capital punishment. Opponents of capital punishment often cite cases of wrongful execution as arguments,
Wrongful_execution
Execution method
the necessary funeral rites for Hindus and Muslims. For believers, the punishment was extended beyond death, and this was well understood by foreign occupiers
Blowing_from_a_gun
Capital punishment is not a legal punishment under the prevailing Cape Verdean law. The highest sentence is 25 years. The last execution was carried out
Capital punishment in Cape Verde
Capital_punishment_in_Cape_Verde
Method of torture and execution
regarded across a number of cultures as a very harsh form of capital punishment and recorded in myth and art. Impalement was also used during times of
Impalement
Archaic Chinese method of torture and execution
likely varied. The punishment worked on three levels: as a form of public humiliation, as a slow and lingering death, and as a punishment after death.[citation
Lingchi
Capital punishment in Latvia was abolished for ordinary crimes in 1999 and for crimes committed during wartime in 2012. Latvia is party to several international
Capital_punishment_in_Latvia
Expression for proportional punishment
not always refer to literal eye-for-an-eye codes of justice (see mirror punishment), but rather applies to the broader class of legal systems that formulate
Eye_for_an_eye
Capital punishment
The use of capital punishment in peacetime in Italy has been banned since 1889, with the exception of the period 1926–1947, encompassing the rule of Fascism
Capital_punishment_in_Italy
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in North Korea. It is used for many offenses, such as grand theft, murder, rape, drug smuggling, treason, espionage
Capital punishment in North Korea
Capital_punishment_in_North_Korea
Capital punishment in North Macedonia is prohibited by its Constitution. Article 10 of the 1991 (amended in 2001) Constitution of North Macedonia states:
Capital punishment in North Macedonia
Capital_punishment_in_North_Macedonia
Ritualistic suicide by disembowelment
had taken on an association with honor, and had also become a capital punishment for samurai who had committed serious offenses, sometimes involving a
Seppuku
Capital punishment in Nepal has been abolished. For crimes under the country's common law, capital punishment was abolished by legal reform in 1946. It
Capital_punishment_in_Nepal
Method of execution in Norse literature
seconds, due either to exsanguination or asphyxiation. Outline of capital punishment The word translated "raven" is not hrafn but hugin, the personal name
Blood_eagle
Capital punishment was abolished in Liechtenstein for murder in 1987 and for treason in 1989. The last death sentence was pronounced in 1977, when a 42-year-old
Capital punishment in Liechtenstein
Capital_punishment_in_Liechtenstein
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