Sentence examples for stop the executions from inspiring English sources

The attorney general, HM Prasetyo, said the court action applied only to future cases and would not stop the executions.

The Greens leader, Christine Milne, said the prime minister, Tony Abbott, must step in to try and stop the executions.

Foreign notables such as the UN's secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, and America's secretary of state, John Kerry, have asked Sheikh Hasina to stop the executions.

Shell denies these charges and claims it intervened to try to stop the executions, but there is no doubt that it worked alongside one of Africa's most brutal regimes.

The opposition Web site Jaras reported that Abdoljabar Karami, who represents Sanandaj, the capital of Kurdistan Province, in Parliament, was threatened by the governor when he tried to stop the executions and that his efforts to secure the release of the bodies this week had gone unheeded.

The protesters, opponents of capital punishment, shouted, "Stop the executions -- moratorium now!" and "Murderer!" They were hustled out by security guards, and as they left the auditorium they passed another group, silent McCain supporters holding picket signs with slogans like "Not ready for prime time".

Only the governor can stop the execution.

The board refused to stop the execution a day later.

A third would stop the execution of mentally retarded murderers.

Earlier, a Butts County superior court judge also declined to stop the execution.

In the end, two courts stepped in to stop the execution.