Death penalty may refer to:
Capital punishment, the act of the state putting a person to death
Sports
Death penalty (NCAA), the nickname for American college athletics policy which forbids a school from fielding a certain team
Entertainment
Death Penalty (album), a 1982 album by the heavy-metal band Witchfinder General "Death Penalty", the title track from the aforementioned Witchfinder General album Death Penalty (film), a 1980 television film starring Colleen Dewhurst
See also Capital punishment (disambiguation)