Sentence examples for off the execution from inspiring English sources

An hour later, Governor Rick Perry called off the execution.

Campaigners are continuing to lobby the Indonesian Government to call off the execution.

The doctor reported a "faint heartbeat", and at 6.56pm, Patton called off the execution.

The corrections director, Robert Patton, called off the execution at about 6.56pm.

International rights groups have pleaded with authorities to put off the execution, but Belarus's president refused to pardon the men.

Greenwood, who found Jasmine after Google searches helped her track down Williams's attorneys, sent a letter Thursday to Hutchinson pleading with him to call off the execution.

KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai has signed off on the execution of 16 Afghan prisoners, a rare move in the country in the years since the end of the mass public executions favored under the Taliban's rule.

Last week, during a debate involving all the major Republican candidates, it was stated that Perry has signed off on the execution of 235 people during his 11 years in office, more than any other Governor.

One of the Stern Gang's leaders, who signed off on the execution, was Yitzhak Shamir, who became Israel's Prime Minister in the 1980's.

State attorney general Mark Shurtleff announced on Twitter that he signed off on the execution: "I just gave the go ahead to Corrections Director to proceed with Gardner's execution".

Indonesia's authorities, fearing an Islamist backlash and further bombings, repeatedly put off the executions.