A death penalty law is any law dealing with capital punishment.
Laws 1978 California Proposition 7, U.S. state law which increased the use of the death penalty in regards to first and second-degree murder. Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023, Ugandan law proscribing the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality". Death Penalty for Terrorists Law, Israeli law proscribing the death penalty for those convicted of terrorism. Rocco Code, an Italian list of crimes punishable by death, in use between 1930 and 1943. Treason by Women Act (Ireland) 1796
See also Capital punishment by country