Sentence examples for they faced execution from inspiring English sources

At the trial, Lord Aldington agreed that the fate of the returnees had been "ghastly" but said he had not known that they faced execution.

Meanwhile, along the frontier with China, the regime of leader Kim Jong-un reportedly warned citizens that they face execution or banishment if their loved ones attempt to escape across the border.

Most leaders of this movement got arrested and some of them faced execution or forced disappearance.

Obviously, those individuals could not come on the errand that they were on unless it could be kept secret because I am quite sure they would have faced execution by the Government of Iran, had they been exposed.

Moore had faced execution warrants before Tuesday.

He faced execution if convicted, a prospect that, records show, his well-respected lawyer did little to avoid.

Innovating companies have always faced execution risk, the challenge of delivering a new product within specification and on time.

Otherwise, they would face execution.

They could face execution if sent back to Iran, Amnesty said.

German law bars extradition of suspects to countries where they may face execution.

Authorities have also added new charges against seven Bahai leaders detained since 2008, under which they could face execution, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported Thursday.