Sentence examples for allowed the execution from inspiring English sources

But in this case the habitually merciful Abraham Lincoln withheld his customary clemency and allowed the execution to take place.

In a 5-to-4 vote, the court's conservative majority allowed the execution to proceed based on a stark misrepresentation.

But Judge Boggs dissented from that decision, saying that the three-judge panel, on which he did not sit, would have allowed the execution to go forward.

In court proceedings last week, an Ohio state prosecutor said bluntly: "You're not entitled to a pain-free execution," and a judge allowed the execution to proceed.

They did not join Kavanaugh's opinion, nor did they note, as Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil M. Gorsuch did, that they would have allowed the execution to proceed.

But China's highest court, the Supreme People's Court, rejected a last-minute appeal from the family and British officials and allowed the execution to go ahead as scheduled.

State officials said those cases had been backlogged in the legal system until court rulings allowed the executions to go forward.

Texas, which has executed more people than any other state, still allows the execution of retarded inmates who are on Death Row, but a move is under way in the state legislature to prohibit the practice.

Among the three jurisdictions, only Virginia allows the execution of juveniles.

Virginia law also allows the execution of people for crimes they commit as minors.

Does allowing the execution of such a conspiracy not reek of a conspiracy in itself?