Sentence examples for halt the execution from inspiring English sources

Human Rights Watch, has urged Iran's judiciary to halt the execution.

To halt the execution would thwart divine providence and refuse the gift of redemption.

Earlier in the day, the United States Supreme Court declined to halt the execution.

As the crowd realized he was still alive, they urged the attending magistrate to halt the execution.

Sri Lanka's president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, had made several appeals to the Saudi government to halt the execution.

Clayton Lockett grimaced and clenched his teeth, witnesses said, causing the state's Department of Corrections to halt the execution.

I plead with you to halt the executions.

France has pledged to work with Australia to halt the executions; the prime minister, Tony Abbott, is due to meet the French president, Francois Hollande, on Monday.

Atlaoui and her family, including a three-year-old child, had spent the weeks before in Cilacap along with the Australian families and lawyers, desperately campaigning to halt the executions.

Governor Ryan at least is willing to halt the executions long enough to appoint a commission to review the administration of the death penalty and analyze the horrendous mistakes that have already been proved.

With Pakistan ignoring calls from the UN and domestic human rights bodies to halt the executions, there is no indication that this pattern will change in the near future.