Dominion recriminations against the recalcitrant treaty population did not end with the Battleford executions in the fall of 1885.
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Executions
Synonyms for "executions" (9 found)
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capital punishmentdeath penalty
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11 entriescontract signingdeed executionelectric chairgas chamberlethal injectionparallel executionpolicy executionproject executionsingle thread executionvectorized executionwill signing
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It is just because fear of punishment has no deterrent effect that crime continues in spite of all laws and courts, prisons and executions.
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This prison only performs executions by lethal injection.
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Opponents of lethal injection have argued the practice constitutes cruel and unusual punishment on the basis of a number of botched executions.
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