Sentence examples for led to the execution of from inspiring English sources

It nearly led to the execution of a guilty man, but for the wrong crime.

Although Prance's testimony led to the execution of three men in 1679, he later admitted that he had lied.

But if prosecutors are right, he gave up information to Moscow that led to the execution of two Russian double agents and did other harm.

The conflict led to the execution of nine Ogoni activists in 1995 -- and, immediately afterward, demands for a boycott of Shell products.

The intervention was prompted by an internal coup that led to the execution of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop by another leftist faction of his government.

The AFP commissioner, Andrew Colvin, and deputy commissioners Mike Phelan and Leanne Close will face the media in Canberra to discuss the organisation's work on the investigation, which led to the execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran last week.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author's latest work is The Witches: Salem, 1692, in which she takes a fresh look at the hysteria that led to the executions of 19 people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts.

Alabama is currently the only state in the U.S. that still practices judicial override in capital cases, which has led to the executions of at least 29 Alabama prisoners despite a jury's vote for life. .

(We tend to forget that stoning to death is never mentioned in the Koran but is frequently prescribed in the Bible; a rigid interpretation of Deuteronomy would lead to the execution of most Americans).

PAGE C14 OBITUARIES RUTH GREENGLASS, 84 Her damning testimony in the Rosenberg atomic-bomb spy case of the early 1950s -- which was later called into question -- helped lead to the execution of her sister-in-law Ethel Rosenberg.

Ruth Greenglass, whose damning testimony in the Rosenberg atomic-bomb spy case of the early 1950s helped lead to the execution of her sister-in-law Ethel Rosenberg, died on April 7.