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  2. Death's-head hawkmoth - Wikipedia

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    Description. The African death's-head hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos) is the largest moth in the British Isles (though not in Africa), with a wingspan of 13 cm (5 in); it is a powerful flier, having sometimes been found on ships far from land. The forewings are a mottled dark brown and pale brown, and the hind wings are orangey-buff with two ...

  3. Acherontia atropos - Wikipedia

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    The African death's-head hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos) is a large hawk moth, the largest moth in the British Isles [3] and several other regions it inhabits, with a wingspan of 5 in (13 cm) (or 80–120 mm [4]); it is a powerful flier, having sometimes been found on ships far from land. The forewings are a mottled dark brown and pale brown, and ...

  4. Ascalapha odorata - Wikipedia

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    Ascalapha odorata. The erebid moth Ascalapha odorata, commonly known as the black witch, [1] is a large bat-shaped, dark-colored nocturnal moth, normally ranging from the southern United States to Brazil. Ascalapha odorata is also migratory into Canada and most states of United States. It is the largest noctuoid in the continental United States ...

  5. Catholic Church and capital punishment - Wikipedia

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    The position of the Catholic Church on capital punishment has varied throughout history, with the Church becoming significantly more critical of the practice since the early to mid-20th century. [1][2][3] In 2018, the Catechism of the Catholic Church was revised to read that "in the light of the Gospel " the death penalty is "inadmissible ...

  6. Capital punishment - Wikipedia

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    War crime. v. t. e. Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, [ 1 ][ 2 ] is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct. [ 3 ] The sentence ordering that an offender be punished in such a manner is known as a death sentence, and the act of carrying out ...

  7. Symbols of death - Wikipedia

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    Skull and crossbones (disambiguation) Solar symbolSymbol representing the Sun. Symbol – Something that represents an idea, a process, or a physical entity. Theta nigrum – Symbol of death. Totenkopf – German symbol for skull and crossbones. † – Killed in Action – Military casualty classification used for deaths of personnel.

  8. Bucklew v. Precythe - Wikipedia

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    In March 1996, Russell Earl Bucklew (May 16, 1968 – October 1, 2019) murdered Michael Sanders, with whom his former girlfriend Stephanie Ray took shelter after the breakup of their relationship, then kidnapped and raped Ray. He was sentenced to death by the state of Missouri in May 1997, and failed to have the conviction overturned in legal ...

  9. Hanged, drawn and quartered - Wikipedia

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    The execution of Hugh Despenser the Younger, as depicted in the Froissart of Louis of Gruuthuse. To be hanged, drawn and quartered became a statutory penalty for men convicted of high treason in the Kingdom of England from 1352 under King Edward III (1327–1377), although similar rituals are recorded during the reign of King Henry III (1216–1272).