Dictionary / Vocabulary / 贖罪
しょくざい · also ぞくざい、とくざい
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
死刑は重大な犯罪を犯したものに贖罪を果たさせる方法として扱われています。
The death penalty is used as a method for making those who have committed crimes atone for what they have done.