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Civil death
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Civil death is a term that refers to the loss of all or almost all civil rights by a person due to a conviction for a felony (a crime punishable with more than a year's imprisonment) or due to an act by the government of a country that results in the loss of civil rights. It is usually inflicted on persons convicted of crimes against the state.
A prominent example of civil death is the "illegal enemy combatant" designation used by the United States government, to avoid due process as decribed by the United States Constitution and protections for prisoners of war described in the Geneva Conventions. A second example of civil death on a wide scale is the use of purges by the former Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin.
Historically outlawry, that is, declaring a person as an outlaw, was a common form of civil death.
