Sentence examples for sought to execute from inspiring English sources

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.

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

For nearly four years, the federal government has sought to execute Hasan, believing that any sentence short of a lethal injection would deny justice to the families of the dead and the survivors who had believed they were safe behind the gates of the Texas base.

When the police sought to execute a warrant, they were confronted and driven off by the staff of the newspaper".

Cornwallis, in the absence of instructions from Clinton, sought to execute the orders Clinton had given Phillips.

"A person lacking memory of his crime may yet rationally understand why the state seeks to execute him; if so, the Eighth Amendment poses no bar to his execution," Kagan wrote.

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

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.

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.