Sentence examples for approved death from inspiring English sources

In 2006 Mr. Ribnik asked the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to remove him from the list of approved death penalty defense lawyers.

Utah recently approved "death by firing squad" as a capital punishment option, replacing the former procedure -- death by stabbing... which is still more humane than, say, being forced to watch the NBA All-Star Game or eat Totino's Pizza Rolls.

Pakistan's military chief on Thursday approved death sentences for six men convicted in last year's devastating attack on an army-run school in this northern city, while another man was sentenced to life in prison.

An article on March 11 about Rob Will, a death row inmate in Texas, misstated the circumstances surrounding the removal of Leslie Ribnik, Mr. Will's state-appointed habeas lawyer, from the list of approved death-penalty-defense lawyers.

Washington voters joined Oregon in approving "death with dignity" acts allowing physician-assisted suicide.

Talabani was on the record as being opposed to capital punishment, but, according to the Iraqi constitution, one of his duties was to approve death warrants.

The provincial court upheld the sentence in August of that year and referred the case to the Supreme People's Court, which must approve death sentences in economic or political cases.

But the focus of Williams's attorney Shawn Nolan and his co-counsel will be on more recent alleged ethical and legal violations: namely, the failure of State Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald Castille to recuse himself from the appeal of the death sentence, even though he had overseen the prosecution and personally approved the death sentence request as the Philadelphia DA.

Oregon voters approved the Death With Dignity Act in 1994 and affirmed it 1997.

In 1994, voters in Oregon approved the Death with Dignity Act by 51%to49%9% in a state-wide referendum.

In November, voters approved the Death with Dignity Act, 58percentto42percentcent, making Washington the second state — after Oregon — to allow assisted suicide.