Sentence examples for appointed death from inspiring English sources

It was the second time this year that Mr. Foster, who had been scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening in Texas, had been spared by the court hours before his appointed death.

Echoing his role from Gilliam's epochal classic, Bruce Willis plays the futuristic outlaw sent back in time, where his path crosses with that of his younger self at the exact moment of his appointed death.

He ordered all the corn to be brought in to his headquarters; he appointed death as the penalty for any disobedience of the order; the cattle, of which great store had been driven together by the Mandubii, he distributed man by man; he arranged that the corn should be measured out sparingly and gradually; he withdrew into the town all the force which he had posted in front of it.

Smith then went on to accuse Obama of creating a pro-abortion "movement for death" by appointing "death peddlers" to key positions in his administration.

A Blow to Death Row Inmates Since 1995, the state has appointed all death row inmates' lawyers for post-conviction review.

Mr. Halbreich was appointed following the death of James C. Tyree, the company's former chairman, in March.

Mr. Tantawi was appointed after the death of his predecessor, Sheik Gad al-Haq, a favorite of conservative religious scholars, who saw their power and independence grow under his leadership.

In many states, more qualified lawyers are appointed to represent death penalty defendants, and more seasoned prosecutors are more reluctant to proceed unless they have a higher quality of evidence not deemed necessary in other cases.

In his testimony, Mr. Matobato, 57, said he was appointed to the death squad, originally known as the Lambada Boys, after Mr. Duterte was elected mayor of Davao in 1988.

He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1957 (he was the oldest member at his death), appointed a Spanish senator from 1977-79, awarded the national literature prize in 1984 (for Mazurka For Two Dead Men), the Prince of Asturias prize in 1987 (for his life's work), the Planeta prize in 1994, and the Nobel prize for literature in 1989.

For many years, attorneys in Texas (and other states) who were appointed to defend death row inmates didn't get paid for any work they did after their last appeal to the Supreme Court was denied, according to Kase.