Sentence examples for executions several from inspiring English sources

They shot dead a local journalist while forcing the foreigners to watch, raped several foreign women, singled out Americans, beat and robbed people and carried out mock executions, several witnesses told the Associated Press.

Although Alvord faced execution several times, his history of mental illness prevented the sentence from being carried out.

Another depicted the executions of several blindfolded men.

Difficulties over lethal injections has already put a halt to executions in several other states.

Jakarta had an unofficial moratorium on executions for several years from 2008 but resumed capital punishment again in 2013.

Mr. Richard's appeal was based on an action by the United States Supreme Court that effectively suspended executions for several months.

Though the production features two grisly executions and several bloody apparitions, it is strongest in its more prosaic moments, especially in the first half.

"They killed openly, they did not hide," said a worker in eastern Ur who said he had witnessed as many as 40 daytime executions, over several months, near a shop where he works.

But imposing a moratorium on executions (as several of the Arab countries seem to have done) is not the same as formally abolishing the death penalty – a move that is liable to stir up opposition from religious elements.

Mr. Aziz, whose health is failing, was sentenced last year to 15 years in prison for his role in the executions of several Baghdad men for profiteering when the country was under international sanctions in the 1990s.

In a video posted yesterday, an apparently British man said they would "chop off the heads of whoever you may bring" in a grim echo of the executions of several Western hostages.