Sentence examples for sentence of execution from inspiring English sources

Yet she is reluctant, for reasons political and personal, to pronounce the sentence of execution.

The statistics do show that in our country a sentence of execution is more frequently given to minorities and the poor in certain geographic regions.

The sentence of execution imposed by Judge Jon C. Blue of State Superior Court here was mandated by the jury's death-penalty verdict on Nov. 8.

The Capital Defenders Office participated in the defense in these cases as long as there was a possibility of a sentence of execution.

He says he is "under sentence of execution" if he speaks of "family matters", but it's clear that his domestic circumstances are improving.

The Roman Boethius, a Neoplatonist philosopher, wrote on arithmetic and music, but his most popular and influential work was De consolatione philosophiae (1882 91; The Consolation of Philosophy), written in about 524, when Boethius was imprisoned under sentence of execution.

Alexander Slidell Mackenzie of the Somers was an irresponsible tyrant who exceeded his authority in imposing general court-martial sentences of execution on three alleged mutineers, Midshipman Philip Spencer, Boatswain's Mate Samuel Cromwell, and Seaman Elisha Small.

Only the government's inability to pinpoint what triggered the serial murder spree might leave some jurors with enough doubt for them to consider a life sentence instead of execution, legal experts said.

The 19-year-old confessed shooter is accused of 17 counts of murder and faces a maximum sentence of either execution or life in prison without parole if convicted.

In cases where no error was found, it took an average of nine years from the time of sentencing to execution, the report found.

If the political will exist to reduce the average lapse of time from sentence to execution down to the national average of 12 years, the report estimates California would be required to allocate nearly twice what it currently spends.