Extrajudicial punishment
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Extrajudicial punishment is punishment by the state or some other official authority without the permission of a court or legal authority. The existence of extrajudicial punishment is considered proof that some governments will break their own legal code if deemed necessary.
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See also
- Extrajudicial detention
- Extrajudicial killing
- Arbitrary arrest and detention
- Assassination
- Death squad
- Extraordinary rendition
- Lynching
- Outlaw
- Human rights
- Summary execution
- State of emergency
- Martial law
- Posse
- Prison rape
- Selective assassination
- Summary justice
- Terrorism
- Torture
- Vigilante
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