Sentence examples for execution sentences from inspiring English sources
A 2005 royal decree issued in Saudi Arabia to fight drugs further codified the right of judges to issue execution sentences "as a discretionary penalty" against any person found guilty of smuggling, receiving, or manufacturing narcotics.
Mr. Aziz, 74, the only Christian in Mr. Hussein's inner circle, already faces an execution sentence from another case.
He has not stopped fighting his execution sentence and suing the state for things like failing to provide him with a low-fat diet.
He called for politicians to work for the abolition of the death penalty, and went on, "And I propose to all those among them who are Catholic to make a courageous and exemplary gesture: may no execution sentence be carried out in this Holy Year of Mercy".
The Richards said an execution sentence "could bring years of appeals and prolong reliving the most painful day of our lives".
In January, the Supreme Court which still leans in favor of the death penalty in the abstract deemed Florida's execution sentencing protocol unconstitutional.
The Turkish foreign ministry has summoned the Iranian ambassador in protest, and said in a statement: "We strongly condemn the linking of our president's recent visit to Saudi Arabia to the executions sentenced in the country in stories published on media outlets linked to Iranian official bodies".
Inmates are given fruit and snacks before their execution, and sentences are not carried out on weekends, national holidays and around the New Year.
It was the largest mass execution since sentences were carried out against extremists who seized the Grand Mosque in Mecca, more than thirty-five yeago ago.
The Court anticipated a variety of approaches to enforcing its prohibition, and left to the states "the task of developing appropriate ways to enforce the constitutional restriction upon its execution of sentences".
A vote for death must be unanimous; if even a single juror holds out against execution, the sentence cannot be given.
