Sentence examples for executions have been from inspiring English sources

"The patterns are: public opinion down, legislative changes in many laws and death sentences and executions have been down for two years running," said Richard Dieter, executive director of the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center, a group critical of the death penalty that this week issued a year-end compilation of national and statewide statistics.

The executions have been surprisingly popular at home.

With appeals under way, no executions have been scheduled.

Executions have been upheld in cases in which defense lawyers slept through crucial proceedings.

Executions have been rare since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.

Other bids to videotape executions have been turned down by the courts.

Sentences have gotten longer, and the number of executions has been increased dramatically".

More than 40 executions had been put on hold until the court decided.

As of the end of last month, 96 executions had been carried out.

Until David Haines was killed, the executions had been ordered by nationality.

The executions had been taking place every two weeks, but for six weeks there was a pause.