Sentence examples for authorizing the execution of from inspiring English sources

Johnson put his legal rationale into practice by authorizing the execution of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen and Al-Qaeda supporter who was killed by a drone strike in Yemen in September 2011.

Although he was credited with having authorized the execution of Diem and Diem's brother Ngo Dinh Nhu in 1963, Minh proved to be a cautious and ineffectual leader.

Rizvi et al. [20] claim that the user view may be inconsistent with respect to the information included in the database and propose an enforcement mechanism which only authorizes the execution of queries whose rewritten version do not bring to inconsistent views.

Kublai authorized the execution of Bolghai and other Arigh Böke supporters.

And he said he backed the board's vote this afternoon to authorize the execution.

It was Cecil who convened the Privy Council to authorize the execution, which Elizabeth was not to know about "until it were done".

They authorized the executions, after secret trials in which neither defense counsel nor defense witnesses were permitted to participate.

Hernández Martínez easily suppressed the rebellion and authorized the summary execution of at least 10,000 suspected participants.

Of the 38 states that authorize the death penalty, 17 permit the execution of criminals who were 16 when they committed murder.

The ministers adopted a resolution asking the Security Council to authorize a joint Arab-United Nations force to "supervise the execution of a cease-fire," and it urged the league's members to "halt all forms of diplomatic cooperation" with the Syrian government.

What have we done here?" Like Mr. Kerry, Mr. Hagel voted for the resolution authorizing the invasion of Iraq but became an early opponent of the Bush administration's execution of the war.