Sentence examples for execute the convict from inspiring English sources

After the courts determine suspects' guilt, the states must either find a way to navigate legal hurdles to execute the convict, or they must change their policy on the death penalty – a course most governors and lawmakers shy from doing.

The chemicals, shipped by the courier company Fedex, are thought to have been used in October to execute the convicted murderer Jeffrey Landrigan.

Executing the three convicts, it also commuted the death sentences of six others, two of whom, it turned out, had already died in prison.

In the face of this powerful evidence that the system is broken, the courts should be chastened -- and they should be working hard to build in protections against executing the wrongfully convicted.

A week ago, Iran executed the first two people convicted in connection with anti-government protests.

Bangladesh executed the Islamist leader and convicted war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah late last night, making him the first person to die for crimes against humanity during the country's struggle for independence with Pakistan in 1971.

Four accomplices in the murder were convicted and executed; the Earl and Countess of Somerset were also convicted but were pardoned by the king.

America has even refused to stop executing those convicted as juveniles or the mentally retarded, restrictions which are accepted by many other governments.

Seven of the stockmen were later convicted and executed – the only time Europeans were executed for the murders of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

ALMOST 42 years after the end of its war of secession from Pakistan, Bangladesh has executed the first man to be convicted of atrocities committed during the conflict.

Would we buy it?" We hope General Martins's commitment to justice will persuade a highly skeptical world to accept the legitimacy of these trials; convicting and executing the prisoners after a tainted trial would be a disaster.