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Capital case

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000849

A criminal prosecution in which the death penalty is a possible punishment upon conviction. These cases involve specific procedural safeguards and heightened scrutiny due to the irreversible nature of the potential sentence. They typically require a bifurcated trial, with separate phases for guilt and sentencing.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000849
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-000849",
  "term": "Capital case",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A criminal prosecution in which the death penalty is a possible punishment upon conviction. These cases involve specific procedural safeguards and heightened scrutiny due to the irreversible nature of the potential sentence. They typically require a bifurcated trial, with separate phases for guilt and sentencing.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/capital-case/"
}

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