Sentence examples for execution death from inspiring English sources

There is no question that it would kill, but since it has never been used in an execution, death penalty opponents say, there is no way to say how much pain might be involved or what dose should be administered.

In Sam Raimi's 1985 film Crimewave, which the Coens wrote, we begin with the most final act of all: a state execution, death by electric chair — a fate that, following a film-long flashback, doesn't actually come to fruition.

This fact, along with a downward trend in executions, death sentences, and public support for the death penalty provided further evidence of an emerging national consensus against capital punishment.

There are executions, deaths, persecutions, kidnappings and a high risk of further bloodshed," Leiva said.

Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order imposing a moratorium on the execution of death row inmates in California.

British diplomats have complained to the US government about a drug imported from the UK being used in the execution of death row prisoners.

This year, besides the case in Assam, another inmate, Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, in Punjab, also could eventually face execution, though death penalty opponents are rallying to his cause.

Amnesty International executive director Steven Hawkins said: "This decision does not change the fact that regardless of the method of execution, the death penalty is broken beyond repair.

The Supreme Court should make clear that the Constitution prohibits the execution of death row inmates who can produce convincing evidence that they are innocent.

Because of editing errors, headlines on both articles reflected only one side of the argument -- "Almost as One, Europe Condemns Execution" and "Death Penalty Falls From Favor".

As a torchlit vigil reminded the opera-goers, California alone currently has no fewer than 572 prisoners awaiting execution on death row.