Y35.5: Legal execution
Legal execution refers to an intentional and lawful procedure that results in death, typically enforced as a capital punishment penalty by the legal justice system. This procedure is carried out under strict legal supervision under the directive of governing laws. As a state-imposed form of death, it varies immensely in nature, depending on the geographic location and prevailing legal customs. Methods can range from lethal injection, electrocution, gas chamber, hanging, to firing squad among other methods. This category does not refer to a medical condition or disease, it's an external event with an irreversible outcome, which is death. The affected individual experiences a sudden and forced end to life as a consequence of the lawful execution process. Therefore, it doesn't have typical symptoms or disease progression associated with common illnesses.
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