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Capital punishment or death penalty, according to Wikipedia, is a process, backed by law, by which the state puts someone to death as punishment for a crime committed. Such crimes that demand capital punishment are called capital crimes or capital offences. Crimes seen as capital vary from country to country and even state to state. In countries where Capital punishment is still administered, violent crimes like murder, rape and kidnapping are the most common capital crimes; however, non-violent crimes are also seen as capital in some countries. For instance, China, Egypt, India, Malaysia, Iran and Iraq, amongst others, see drug trafficking as an offence punishable by death. Counterfeiting of currencies and human trafficking are capital offences in China; treason remains capital offence in the United States, Brazil amongst other nations. Capital offences in Nigeria In Nigeria, there are five major crimes which are punishable by death and they are: murder; armed robbery; dir