Some of Mr Adams's former colleagues are already calling him a collaborator, traditionally an offence punishable by death.

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But instead of giving him intensive medical treatment, officers there charged Pogany with cowardice, a military crime punishable by death.

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The Supreme Court has ordered Musharraf to appear before them on charges of treason, a crime punishable by death in Pakistan.

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Desertion was also punishable by death by firing squad, but the U.S. Army had not carried out such a sentence since 1864.

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That would have taken him to countries where homosexuality was not accepted and, in some cases, was illegal and punishable by death.

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Murder in punishable by death in Papua New Guinea, a poor tribal nation of 7 million people who are mostly subsistence farmers.

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Last week, the state of Gujarat brought in a new law making the illegal manufacture and sale of toxic alcohol there punishable by death.

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Blasphemy can be punishable by death in Saudi Arabia.

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In time of war it is also a crime, punishable by death under 18USCS section 794(b), to inform the enemy of troop movements and any military plans or any information relating to public defense.

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