• snooggums@piefed.world
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    2 days ago

    The death penalty is the sentence. Execution is the act.

    When someone is put to death by the state, the act itself is called an execution. They do it in a literal execution chamber.

    Calling for the death penalty and calling for an execution mean the exact same thing.