Noun
capital crime (plural capital crimes)
(law) Any crime that is punishable by death.
Stupidity is always a capital crime. Larry Niven
I don't know; maybe Frank had good intentions, but I sometimes think "good intentions” should be declared a capital crime. Robert A. Heinlein
Because divinity was the basis for the mandate of the state, atheism was considered a capital crime in both ancient Greece and Rome. Source: Internet
Cross-dressing charge Joan of Arc's Death at the Stake, by Hermann Stilke (1843) Heresy was a capital crime only for a repeat offense, therefore a repeat offense of "cross-dressing" was now arranged by the court, according to the eyewitnesses. Source: Internet
Apostasy is a capital crime in Islam punishable by death,' Phillip said as a matter of fact and continued on with his litany of vital information as he pulled out another paper. Source: Internet
To combat overpopulation (one estimate is 18 billion people), a license is required to procreate, only available after exhaustive testing has determined that a prospect is free of "abnormalities"; unlicensed procreation is a capital crime. Source: Internet