Execution warrant

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Template:CrimPro 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. It is sometimes informally called a death warrant.

Judges issue execution warrants when they sentence a person to death after trial and conviction. This protects the executioner from being charged with murder. Template:Crime-stub