He wanted, he said, to talk to them not fight them, and he persevered with the idea of peace talks despite sectarian atrocities, the execution of ten foreign tourists and a spectacular assault on a prison that freed 248 convicts.
This is my sincere desire.. Gaozong received Helu's plea and agreed to his request, despite a Tang law ordering the execution of captured rebel generals and kings.
The governor of Texas, Rick Perry, has vowed to press ahead on 7 July with the execution of Humberto Leal Garcia, despite condemnation across the political and legal realms.
Despite this effort, the scheduling of the execution of tasks assigned to every workstation following the balancing of the assembly line has been scarcely reported in the scientific literature.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry refused to stay the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham despite strong evidence of innocence, and later blocked a probe of the case's forensic flaws.
Despite the abbey's closure, and the execution of its abbot, the people of Pendle remained largely faithful to their Roman Catholic beliefs and were quick to revert to Catholicism on Queen Mary's accession to the throne in 1553.
"President Rajapaksa and the Government of Sri Lanka deplore the execution of Miss Rizana Nafeek despite all efforts at the highest level of the government and the outcry of the people locally and internationally over the death sentence of a juvenile housemaid," it said.
And, despite vehement urgings, she repeatedly refused to sanction the execution of her Catholic cousin, Mary Queen of Scots.
Despite this, his taking of the crown, the disappearance of Edward's sons and the execution of several leading nobles, lead to discontent and rebellions.
The execution of Saddam Hussein.
