Death penalty may refer to...

• Capital punishment, the act of putting a person to death
• Capital punishment in the United States, on the specific history and situation in the United States
• Death penalty (NCAA), the nickname for NCAA policy which forbids a school from fielding a certain team for a period up to 2 years. Most recently applied to the American football program of Southern Methodist University in 1987-88.
• Death Penalty (album), a CD/LP by the British heavy metal band Witchfinder General.

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