Sentence examples for execution of a condemned from inspiring English sources

The United States Supreme Court halted the execution of a condemned killer less than three hours before he was to have been to death.

A federal judge today blocked the execution of a condemned child killer, hours before he was to become the first person to be put to death in Tennessee in 40 years.

Sophie Okonedo, as lawyer Maya, sped down a Louisiana highway in a bid to halt the execution of a condemned man (Dennis Haysbert) she had been fighting to save.

The execution of a condemned man is a terrible thing, but murder is an even more terrible thing.

ATLANTA, Oct. 22 — For the second time in four days, the Georgia Supreme Court on Monday ordered a stay of execution for a condemned prisoner, citing the United States Supreme Court's decision to review the constitutionality of lethal injection as a method of execution.

The execution of a man condemned for his homosexuality and his liberal ideology turned García Lorca into a political symbol as well.

The lyrics detail the thoughts of a condemned prisoner awaiting execution.

In a 2008 ruling that upheld the three-drug cocktail Kentucky used in executions, the Supreme Court rejected the claim that it posed an unconstitutional risk of a condemned inmate's suffering acute yet undetectable pain.

He recalled, in defense of the army, how he had witnessed the execution of a German soldier condemned by a military court for the rape of a Polish girl.

Malky Mackay had a stay of execution last weekend but he was a condemned man on Thursday night after his Cardiff team were outclassed at home by Southampton, who arrived with no wins and four defeats from their previous six games.

In January Zawahiri condemned the execution of a Shiite cleric, Nimr al-Nimr, and 46 others by Saudi Arabia.