Jump to content

Execution warrant

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Ellsworth (talk | contribs) at 18:54, 8 April 2005 (stub). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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 their trial and conviction. This protects the executioner from being charged with murder.

This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Execution_warrant&oldid=12093483"