Sentence examples for executed despite from inspiring English sources

A few of those innocent prisoners came within a whisker of execution; other prisoners have been executed despite the lack of evidence truly proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

Other people have been executed despite four justices voting to spare them.

Shonelle Jackson may become the first American to be executed despite a jury's unanimous vote for life.

In one case a man was executed despite the last-minute plea of his co-defendant that he was innocent.

Had the state court not intervened, Mr. Beazley could have been executed despite the split Supreme Court vote.

There are half a dozen cases in which people have been executed despite doubts about their guilt being expressed even by the Supreme Court.

Jerry Yang, chief executive of Yahoo, says the company has a plan it is executing "despite all the stuff that's happened to us".

He had more ideas than he could ever execute, despite his solid workload over 30 years of production design in theatre, film, television and fashion.

Stelios is embroiled in a conflict with the board over a $4bn£2.6bnbn) aircraft order that was signed in 2002 and contained options for further orders that easyJet continues to execute, despite warnings from its largest shareholder that fleet expansion is destroying shareholder value.

This was a difficult decision for me to make and execute, despite the planning that went into it.

Texas executed Stroman despite efforts by the surviving victim Rais Bhuiyan to save his life.