Capital punishment

5. confinement, a form of imprisonment distinguished by living in single cells
8. the crime prevention effects of the threat of punishment
11. the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution
13. punishment imposed (as on a convicted criminal) for purposes of repayment or revenge for the wrong committed
16. a member of a jury

1. the unjustified killing of one person by another
2. the principle that people receive that which they deserve
3. latin phrase for the head
4. the act or process of executing
6. injection, which is the most widely used method of execution in the United States
7. the act of showing or stating that someone or something is not guilty of something
9. execution where the person is usually shaved and strapped to a chair with belts that cross his chest, groin, legs, and arms
10. the execution of which philosofer was the most notorious execution in BC
12. VIII, under the reign of which king 72 000 people were executed
14. the crime of betraying a nation or a sovereign by acts considered dangerous to security.
15. process of obtaining military, political, commercial, or other secret information by means of spies, secret agents, or illegal monitoring devices