En6 Capital Punishment

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Across
  1. 2. someone who is going to be killed, especially as a punishment for having committed a very serious crime, such as murder
  2. 3. If someone who has committed a crime is pardoned, the person is officially forgiven and punishment is stopped
  3. 5. a person confined (as in a prison)
  4. 6. the legal punishment of killing someone
  5. 7. apply to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court
  6. 11. to show or state that someone or something is not guilty of something
  7. 13. to speak seriously about something, esp. to tell what you know about a case in a court of law after you have officially promised to tell the truth
  8. 14. having officially been found guilty of a crime in a law court
  9. 16. to cut off someone's head, especially as a punishment
  10. 17. of, relating to, or causing death
Down
  1. 1. the unlawful killing of a human being without express or implied malice
  2. 4. the temporary or permanent release of a prisoner before the expiry of a sentence, on the promise of good behaviour.
  3. 7. to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something)
  4. 8. fairness in the way people are dealt with
  5. 9. very bad and shocking
  6. 10. to turn aside, discourage, or prevent from acting
  7. 12. a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action
  8. 15. the hearing of statements and showing of objects, etc. in a law court to judge if a person is guilty of a crime or to decide a case or a legal matter