Editing Capital punishment

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[[File:H2A - Tartarus branding.jpg|thumb|300px|Right|[[Tartarus]] prepares to torture and eventually kill [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee as punishment for his failure at [[Battle of Installation 04|Installation 04]].]]
'''Capital punishment''', informally known as the '''death penalty''', is a form of legal punishment involving the execution of an individual. The death penalty is used when violating laws of particular importance of the [[United Nations Space Command]], such as the [[JAG 4465/LHG]] protocol. Some instances of the death penalty being threatened on UNSC personnel include failure to comply with the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|Cole Protocol]], insubordination and cowardice.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 122''</ref>

[[Human]]ity is not the only species to administer the death penalty. The [[Covenant]] punish various infractions of varying degrees with death: captured prisoners are executed once their usefulness has ended;<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', [[campaign]] level ''[[Sierra 117]]''</ref> incompetent [[Unggoy]] are brutally killed, or even fed to [[Kig-Yar]];<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page ??''</ref> leaders responsible for military failures, such as [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee, are publicly humiliated and executed;<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ('''[[Prophet of Truth]]''': "The [[High Council|Council]] decided to have you hung by your entrails and your corpse paraded through the city.)</ref> and [[heretics]] and other dissidents are silently assassinated.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Uprising]]''</ref> The Covenant seem more free in dispensing their form of justice, often without any form of trial other than a public shame inquisition, and use them as opportunities to serve as examples to others who would follow in their footsteps, of the consequences of those who fail or oppose the [[Hierarchs]] and their followers. At the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]], the High Prophet of Truth was essentially executed by [[Thel 'Vadam]] with an [[energy sword]] following the Covenant's defeat at the [[Battle of Installation 00]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]''</ref>

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File:Tartarus Torture.jpg|Tartarus preparing to torture and execute 'Vadamee in ''Halo 2''.
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==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
**''[[Halo: The Flood#2010 bonus content|Adjunct]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
*''[[Halo 2]]''
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''

==Sources==
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[[Category:UNSC protocols]]