Sentence examples for millions of executions from inspiring English sources

How does one weigh, for example, the good fortune of peasants acquiring land against millions of executions and deaths?

In Paris a wave of executions followed.

They currently have a stay of execution until the 5th of May when they're back in court.

The Supreme Court petition represents Warner's last chance for a stay of execution after the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected his appeal last week.

The stay of execution issued by Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put off what would have been the 15th execution in the United States this year and the second in Alabama.

That method of execution was also imposed in France and Germany from the 13th to the 16th century for "coining" or "clipping" (the scraping of fragments from coins that were then melted and cast into new coins).

Just last week, after nearly two decades in prison and with a March 5th execution date looming, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution based on new evidence that his attorneys at the Innocence Project say could exonerate him.

Hanging was the preeminent means of execution in the United States until the mid-20th century.

As shown, the highest peaks of the 98th percentile show execution times of 182 s, 162 s and 59 s in a 60 minutes time frame, whereas average execution times are observed around 27 s execution time.

Woven into the allegory are other references, to the biblical story of David and Goliath and to Francisco de Goya's famous 1814 painting "The 3rd of May 1808 in Madrid: The Executions on Principe Pio Hill," showing a Spanish citizen being shot by Napoleon's troops.

Others, like Texas, had been cruising at full speed; the state executed a prisoner a few hours after the court's decision on Tuesday and was planning to proceed with its 27th execution of the year last night when the Court intervened.