executioner

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If we call the p53 gene the judge or head executioner in our scheme above, it's finding him that's the problem.

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an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant

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noun

an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant

Definitions

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noun

an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant

Example sentences

If we call the p53 gene the judge or head executioner in our scheme above, it's finding him that's the problem.

The human judge/executioner is able to interact with both and has two kill switches, one for each.

I consider myself anti-religous... Still: "If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely agree they shouldn't have been destroyed and that GoDaddy has no right to be the executioner.

That effectively makes copyright owners into judge and jury, and forces the ISP to act as executioner.

Who made you the jury and executioner here on HN?Whatever you call it, social experiment or whatnot, it seems to have gotten out of hand and the guy got fired.

The modern way involves militaristic force and judge jury executioner style punishment.

| To allege he won't receive a fair trial in the | United States is completely ridiculous Would you, as a whistleblower, trust your former employer, on whom you blew the whistle, to be your judge, jury and executioner?

When you get to a point where government agencies fabricate evidence in order to incriminate people that they "know" are guilty, they are acting as judge, jury and executioner, and undermining the whole system of justice on which our democratic societies are built.