The ThreadDeath Error in particular is interesting because it is catchable but not "handle-able" - if you do not rethrow ThreadDeath in your exception handler,

The ThreadDeath Error in particular is interesting because it is catchable but not "handle-able" - if you do not rethrow ThreadDeath in your exception handler, the JVM will do so for you. Despite Thread.stop() being deprecated, it is still used in things like application servers to deal with user code which is not completing in a specified timeframe.