Capital theft

Capital theft is the name sometimes given to aggravated theft in countries where such a crime is punishable by amputation or death.^[1] For instance, the Sudanese criminal code at §170 and 171 defines such a theft as "the unlawful taking of another's property if its value is no less than the nisab, a crime punished by amputation of the right hand".

See also

• Bloody Code
• Islamic criminal jurisprudence
• Capital punishment in the People's Republic of China
  • Capital offences in the People's Republic of China

References

• Commentaries on the laws of England, Volume 4
• Darfur: Imposition of Cross Amputation