Judicial murder

Adolf Reichwein before a Nazi People's Court. He was a victim of judicial murder after a show trial.[1]

Judicial murder is the intentional and premeditated killing of an innocent person by means of capital punishment;[2] therefore, it is a subset of wrongful execution. The Oxford English Dictionary describes it as "death inflicted by process of law, capital punishment, esp. considered to be unjust or cruel".[3] Judicial murder is not to be confused with judicial homicide, which may include the carrying out of capital punishment.

  1. ^ "German Resistance Memorial Center - Biographie". www.gdw-berlin.de. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  2. ^ Fowler, H. W. (14 October 2010). A Dictionary of Modern English Usage: The Classic First Edition. OUP Oxford. p. 310. ISBN 978-0-19-161511-5.
  3. ^ Judicial murder at OED; retrieved 18 July 2018