Glossary

A

Abolition

Aggravating Circumstance

Amicus Curiae

Amnesty

Appeal

Asphyxia

B

Beheading

C

Capital Punishment

Clemency

Commutation

Cyanide (used in gas chamber)

D

Death Row

Death Penalty

DNA

Drug Compounding

E

Electric Chair

Electrocution

Espionage

Extenuating Circumstance

F

Fentanyl (used in lethal injection)

Firing Squad

Forensic Science

G

Gas Chamber

Genocide

H

Habeas Corpus

Hanging

I

Intellectual Disability

J

Juvenile

K

L

Lethal Injection

M

Manslaughter

Midazolam (used in lethal injection)

Minor

Mitigating Circumstance

Murder

N

Nitrogen Gas (used in gas chamber)

O

P

Pardon

Parole

Pentobarbital (used in lethal injection)

Probation

Q

R

S

Strangulation

Suffocation

T

Terrorism

Treason

U

V

W

Writ

X

Y

Z