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capital offense
- A crime, such as murder or betrayal of one's country, that is treated so seriously that death may be considered an appropriate punishment.
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All these years later, Lethem wants to measure the cost and burden of microaggressions and capital offenses.
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The former president was furious at the speaker last month after McCarthy committed the capital offense of telling the truth.
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It would appear that is now a capital offense.
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Mr. Blake was charged with “murder with special circumstances,” a capital offense, but prosecutors did not seek the death penalty.
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“None of the charges against Ms. Gilland are capital offenses or offenses punishable by life imprisonment. Therefore, Ms. Gilland is entitled to pretrial release,” attorney Matthew Ferry wrote in a motion filed late Wednesday.
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