Sentence examples for eligible for death from inspiring English sources

Should this 12-year-old be eligible for death under the death penalty?

The families of murdered teachers are eligible for death benefits of $32,600.

The third element of Mr. Bush's plan would expand the list of terrorism-related crimes eligible for death.

In other words, this trial will determine if Malvo will be eligible for death under the state of Virginia's death penalty law.

In that decision, Ring v. Arizona, the court held that juries, and not judges, must find the "aggravating" factors that make a defendant eligible for death row.

Prosecutors have also argued that Mr. Muhammad instigated a plot to extort $10 million from local governments, making him eligible for death under Virginia's antiterrorism law.

ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI, after a jury found that he was responsible for some of the 9/11 deaths and was eligible for the death penalty.

If even one juror does not agree that he is eligible for the death penalty, the case will end and Moussaoui will be sentenced to life without parole.

The jury ruled last month that he was eligible for the death penalty, even though he was in jail at the time of the attacks, because he had concealed his knowledge of Qaeda plans to fly planes into buildings.

For example, it could affect sentences imposed under the Federal Death Penalty Act, under which the "aggravating circumstances" that make a defendant eligible for the death penalty are not charged in the indictment.

The mother of a man sentenced to death for murdering two law enforcement officers over a land dispute is not eligible for the death penalty, the State Supreme Court ruled.