Content deleted Content added
TheMadBaron (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
m disambiguation link repair (You can help!) |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
typically issued by an executive officer rather than by a judicial officer only in a [[dictatorship]] or [[totalitarian]] regimes. |
typically issued by an executive officer rather than by a judicial officer only in a [[dictatorship]] or [[totalitarian]] regimes. |
||
Judges issue execution warrants when they sentence a person to death after [[trial]] and [[conviction]]. This protects the executioner from being charged with [[murder]]. |
Judges issue execution warrants when they sentence a person to death after [[trial (law)|trial]] and [[conviction]]. This protects the executioner from being charged with [[murder]]. |
||
{{crime-stub}} |
{{crime-stub}} |
||
[[Category:Death penalty]] [[Category:Warrants]] |
[[Category:Death penalty]] [[Category:Warrants]] |
||
Revision as of 00:59, 3 December 2005
An execution warrant is a warrant which authorizes the execution or capital punishment of an individual. An execution warrant is typically issued by an executive officer rather than by a judicial officer only in a dictatorship or totalitarian regimes.
Judges issue execution warrants when they sentence a person to death after trial and conviction. This protects the executioner from being charged with murder.