death penalty vs homicide

death penalty

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

homicide

noun
  • A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else. 

  • The department within a police force that investigates cases of homicide. 

  • The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional. 

  • A person who kills another. 

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