Talk:Death penalty

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 * The UFP's federal structure suggested individual member worlds could reserve the right to their own death penalty laws. Deneb V had the death penalty for certain crimes, as did Argelius II. 

Neither were definably said to be federation worlds (though Argelius II was clearly a close ally) -- Capricorn 09:40, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Turnabout Intruder
In (TOS: "Turnabout Intruder"), the death penalty was for the violation of General Order 4 not General Order 7.

Notable Exceptions
The disablement of Lore could probably be listed as a a notable exception.
 * As I noted elsewhere, the legal status of androids and other artificial life is not well established outside of Data himself (as seen by the treatment of EMHs and B-4), and we don't actually know what happened to Lore. He was disabled in battle, but for all we know re-activated to stand trial later. I'd also question calling it a "death penalty," since it was an action in the heat of battle, not the result of a trial. By that account, you'd have to call the killing of Jem'Hadar on the battlefield "executions." --OuroborosCobra talk 04:04, November 8, 2009 (UTC)


 * I agree- the ruling in Measure of a Man was only about Data, not all Soong-type androids. Posting the passage here:

In spite of the fact that Soong-type android were considered to be sentient beings, the android Lore was deactivated and disassembled by the crew of the USS Enterprise''-D in what effectively consists of an execution of an artificial life form. ''--31dot 19:48, February 5, 2010 (UTC)