Sentence examples for seeking to execute from inspiring English sources

Burris offered no apology for seeking to execute an innocent man, but faulted Mary Brigid Hayes for her behavior.

But they are seeking to execute that mission with the kind of professionalism that has helped to make Metro, which Auckland previously ran, so successful.

Seeking to execute cold-bloodedly even a man found guilty of the most heinous crimes would achieve nothing concrete in terms of real justice.

Accompanying this is a startling historical cameo in which the cops, seeking to execute a warrant at the News of the World, "were confronted and driven off by the staff".

And because prosecutors are seeking to execute the two defendants, who are accused of kidnapping and murder, potential jurors who said they would never impose the death penalty were automatically rejected.

The lawyers said that the Supreme Court decision was merely a technical problem that could easily be corrected by returning to the Ecuadorean courts in the coming months to file a petition seeking to execute the original judgment against Chevron Argentina and possibly other foreign subsidiaries.

In 1542, Henry sought to execute his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, whom he accused of committing adultery; the execution was to be authorised not after a trial but by a bill of attainder, to which he would have to personally assent after listening to the entire text.

These four were among eight men whom Arkansas sought to execute in eleven days.

New York State's highest court struck down the death penalty in 2004, but federal prosecutors here can still seek to execute people convicted of federal crimes.

The Obama administration has not sought to execute anyone on federal death row, although there are several inmates who have exhausted their appeals.

In January, 2014, Attorney General Eric Holder, who had publicly expressed his personal opposition to the death penalty, announced that the government would seek to execute Tsarnaev, explaining that the scale of the horror had compelled the decision.