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'''Capital punishment''' or the '''death penalty''' is the killing of a person as a penalty for a [[crime]]. [[Murray Rothbard]] proposed that people specify in their wills whether they would prefer that a person who murders him be executed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mises.org/daily/4468|title=The Libertarian Position on Capital Punishment|date=13 June 2010|author=Rothbard, Murray|publisher=Mises Daily}}</ref>
'''Capital punishment''' or the '''death penalty''' is the killing of a person as a penalty for a [[crime]]. [[Murray Rothbard]] proposed that a person specify in his will whether he would prefer that a person who murders him be executed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mises.org/daily/4468|title=The Libertarian Position on Capital Punishment|date=13 June 2010|author=Rothbard, Murray|publisher=Mises Daily}}</ref>


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Capital punishment or the death penalty is the killing of a person as a penalty for a crime. Murray Rothbard proposed that a person specify in his will whether he would prefer that a person who murders him be executed.[1]

References

  1. Rothbard, Murray (13 June 2010). "The Libertarian Position on Capital Punishment". Mises Daily. http://mises.org/daily/4468.