Sentence examples for being executed for a from inspiring English sources

Earl Washington Jr., a mentally impaired man who spent 18 years in prison and came within hours of being executed for a murder he did not commit, stated in his confession that the victim had worn a halter top.

On May 29, 2006, in what has been described as "one of the most memorable moments" for OLTL, and "breathtaking, nerve-racking, heart wrenching", St. John portrayed Todd being executed for a crime he did not commit.

The Bolshoi Dom was built on the site of a czarist court where revolutionaries, including Lenin's brother, were tried before being executed for an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Alexander III.

A day before a North Carolina man was scheduled to be executed for a 1987 stabbing, the State Supreme Court postponed the execution because of concerns that Gov. Mike Easley, the former attorney general, might have a conflict of interest in the case.

It's been nine years since anyone was executed for a federal crime.

ON Wednesday night, Troy Davis was executed for a crime he may or may not have committed.

In July 2007, a 16-year old was executed for a crime he allegedly committed when he was 13.

The placards announced: "It is everybody's worst nightmare to be executed for a crime they did not commit.

David Grann, in a report for The New Yorker, made a persuasive case that Cameron Todd Willingham was executed for a crime he did not commit.

She's the mother of Jon Hreggvidsson, who is scheduled to be executed for a mysterious death, discovered after a night of widespread drinking.

He was executed for a crime that took place on 5 September 1992, where a woman – Sabiha Bari – and her two sons were murdered.