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Descriptor English: Capital Punishment
Descriptor Spanish: Pena de Muerte
Descriptor pena capital
Entry term(s) electrocución judicial
pena de muerte
Scope note: El uso de la condena a muerte para ciertos delitos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pena de Morte
Descriptor French: Peine capitale
Entry term(s): Capital Punishments
Chamber Execution, Gas
Death Penalties
Death Penalty
Electrocution, Judicial
Electrocutions, Judicial
Execution, Gas Chamber
Executions, Gas Chamber
Gas Chamber Execution
Gas Chamber Executions
Hanging, Judicial
Hangings, Judicial
Injection, Lethal
Injections, Lethal
Judicial Electrocution
Judicial Electrocutions
Judicial Hanging
Judicial Hangings
Lethal Injection
Lethal Injections
Penalties, Death
Penalty, Death
Punishment, Capital
Punishments, Capital
Tree number(s): I01.880.604.160
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002203
Scope note: The use of the death penalty for certain crimes.
Annotation: entry term ELECTROCUTION, JUDICIAL: do not index also under the electricity aspect unless particularly discussed
Allowable Qualifiers: HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
DeCS ID: 2236
Unique ID: D002203
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Capital Punishment - Preferred
Concept UI M0003298
Scope note The use of the death penalty for certain crimes.
Preferred term Capital Punishment
Entry term(s) Capital Punishments
Death Penalties
Death Penalty
Penalties, Death
Penalty, Death
Punishment, Capital
Punishments, Capital
Gas Chamber Execution - Narrower
Concept UI M0556423
Scope note The carrying-out of death sentence by use of gas chamber.
Preferred term Gas Chamber Execution
Entry term(s) Chamber Execution, Gas
Execution, Gas Chamber
Executions, Gas Chamber
Gas Chamber Executions
Lethal Injection - Narrower
Concept UI M0556422
Scope note The carrying-out of death sentence by means of injection.
Preferred term Lethal Injection
Entry term(s) Injection, Lethal
Injections, Lethal
Lethal Injections
Electrocution, Judicial - Narrower
Concept UI M0003299
Preferred term Electrocution, Judicial
Entry term(s) Electrocutions, Judicial
Judicial Electrocution
Judicial Electrocutions
Hanging, Judicial - Narrower
Concept UI M0555481
Scope note The carrying-out of death sentence by means of hanging by the neck.
Preferred term Hanging, Judicial
Entry term(s) Hangings, Judicial
Judicial Hanging
Judicial Hangings



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