Criminal execution is to supervise the legality of criminal execution activities. It refers to the criminal judicial activities that the state prison organs put the determined punishment into practice according to the legally effective criminal judgments and rulings of the people's courts and the procedures prescribed by law.

First, the understanding of penalty execution:

1. The subject of execution is the executing organ stipulated by law. The executing organs of various punishments;

2. The execution is based on the criminal judgment that comes into effect by the court, but does not include the acquittal and guilty judgment;

3. The execution content is to put the penalty determined by the effective criminal judgment into practice;

4. The object of execution is the person who is punished for committing a criminal act.

Second, the employment direction of criminal execution:

Criminal execution is a specialized course in colleges and universities in China, which belongs to law enforcement and has been studied for three years. Criminal execution mainly studies basic knowledge and skills such as civil law, constitution and criminal law. In Sanda competition, we should not only master the techniques of catching enemies, but also master psychology. Judging from the current professional training direction, criminal execution mainly trains talents in prison management and high-quality prison people's police.

To sum up, criminal execution is criminal execution, referred to as execution.

Legal basis:

Article 17 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

A person who has reached the age of criminal responsibility of 16 years old shall bear criminal responsibility if he commits a crime. A person who has reached the age of 14 but is under the age of 16 commits the crime of intentional homicide, intentional injury, serious injury or death, rape, robbery, drug trafficking, arson, explosion or throwing dangerous substances, and shall bear criminal responsibility. If a person who has reached the age of 12 but under the age of 14 commits the crime of intentional homicide or intentional injury, causing death or serious disability by particularly cruel means, if the circumstances are bad, he shall be prosecuted with the approval of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and shall bear criminal responsibility. If a person under the age of 18 is investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs, his punishment shall be given a lighter or mitigated punishment. If a person is not given criminal punishment because he is under the age of sixteen, his parents or other guardians shall be ordered to discipline him; When necessary, carry out special corrective education according to law.