The death penalty or capital punishment is a penalty under the law of executing a person who was recognized guilty of misconduct described as a “capital crime ". The sentence is pronounced by the judicial institution at the end of a trial. In the absence of a trial, or where it is not done by a recognized institution, we speak of summary executions, acts of revenge or of private justice (Gross, 1983).
However, there is a specific area that appears to have received less attention in research and intervention practice: this ...