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Encyclopedia > Penalties

A penalty is a punishment:

  • a legal sentence, e.g. the death penalty
  • used in the plural, penalties or sanctions, with the more restricted meaning of punishment for violating rules of procedure, or for abusing the judicial process.
  • in sports; for example, in football (soccer) there is a penalty area, otherwise known as the 'eighteen-yard box' due to its size. Penalty kicks are taken from the penalty spot, twelve yards from the centre of the goal-line.
  • penalty (rugby)

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Death Penalty Focus (350 words)
Death penalty opponents from Death Penalty Focus, California People of Faith Working Against the Death Penalty, and Amnesty International USA will embark on a 800 mile Walk to Stop Executions on September 15, 2007.
The purpose of the walk is to draw attention to the issue of the death penalty, unite local activists, and to encourage the district attorney in every county along the walk route not to seek the death penalty in any case.
Sign the petition for abolition of the death penalty.
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