Sentence examples for string of executions from inspiring English sources

The ongoing chaos in the nation's system of capital punishment -- the string of executions, last-minute appeals to the Supreme Court and other dysfunctions of recent weeks -- might have offered its own counter-argument.

In his letter, O'Sullivan said the state's string of executions had "regrettably put an end to the de facto moratorium" on capital punishment in Arkansas since it executed a man in 2005.

The plan was met with several legal challenges, including claims that midazolam would likely fail and result in inmates suffering inhumanely, and allegations that Arkansas' Department of Correction was far from equipped to carry out such an arduous string of executions.

DPIC's report highlights the string of botched executions that occurred through the year, starting in January with that of Dennis McGuire who gasped and snorted for 15 minutes in front of his horrified children.

The drone strike on the Islamic State extremist Mohammed Emwazi is believed to have targeted him in the centre of the Syrian city of Raqqa, close to the spot where the group carried out a string of public executions.

The Isis militant group has reportedly carried out a seemingly unprecedented string of public executions – including throwing men accused of being gay off towers, stoning a woman accused of adultery and crucifying at least 17 young men in a 48-hour period.

A swarm of plainclothes officers infiltrated Mungiki territory, and a string of mass executions followed.

Detectives have not ruled out the Comancheros motorcycle club involvement in a string of mistaken-identity executions last year.

It is a sad reflection of capital punishment's immutable position in certain US state justice systems that a string of torturous and tortured executions have spurred debate about how the state can better kill people, rather than an empowered push to outlaw state murder.

Shakur was a prominent female member of the Black Panthers and the Black Liberation Army, and became the subject of a nationwide manhunt after she was named the prime suspect for a string of bank robberies and "execution style" murders of New York City police officers in the early 70s. .

Shakur was a prominent female member of the Black Panthers and the Black Liberation Army, and became the subject of a nationwide manhunt after she was named the prime suspect for a string of bank robberies and "execution-style" murders of New York City police officers in the early 70s.