Sentence examples for stop to executions from inspiring English sources

The Supreme Court called a stop to executions in 1972, but 38 states eventually passed new death penalty laws to comply with the court's decision.

In 2006, a federal judge had found the state's methods so chilling that he ordered a stop to executions — and a remaking of the system here — until state officials issued a protocol for lethal injection that satisfied him.

The numbers were the lowest in the modern era of the American death penalty, after a period, between 1972 and 1976, when the Supreme Court put a stop to executions.

The last time the US supreme court stepped in and put a stop to all executions in the country was for a four-year period in the 1970s.

When Larry had his last hearing, to try to stop the execution, he asked to speak to the families in the courtroom.

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.

In a report released late last month, the Fair Punishment Project advised, "The Governor should declare a moratorium on executions so these legal deficiencies can be given a closer look, or else the Courts must intervene to stop these executions in order to preserve public confidence in the rule of law".

I'm really grateful to Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi - he's written to Joko Widodo asking him to stop the executions— Jon Dee (JonDee.com) (@JonDeeOz March 4, 2015.

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.

A separate federal court ruled to stop all the executions, only to see a higher court overturn that order, allowing the executions to proceed.

Kurosaki ultimately arrives in Soul Society in time to stop her execution, and tries to get her to safety.