Sentence examples for today's executions from inspiring English sources

"Today's executions cast a dark shadow over the new Afghan government's will to uphold basic human rights," he tweeted.

Today's executions were believed to be the first in two years, said Curt Goering, senior deputy executive director of Amnesty International U.S. A

Today's execution was welcomed by an association for the application of the death penalty and condemned by the radicals of the Left.

But does today's execution change anything?

This week's executions brought to 140 the number of people executed so far this year, compared with 123 in 2012 and 18 in 2010, the United Nations reported.

They are able to purchase newspapers and books, though the prison censors some of the content; articles about last month's executions were blacked out in newspapers given to death row inmates.

Ms Sherman-Niklaus said despite the widespread condemnation of last year's executions, and a visit by the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Jammeh continued a crackdown on the political opposition and journalists.

Texas, Mississippi, Arizona and Oklahoma accounted for more than 75percentt of this year's executions.

On Thursday, two other pharmaceutical companies filed an amicus brief in the federal court case, asking the court to prohibit Arkansas from using their drugs in next week's executions.

Advocates from the Equal Justice Initiative say that yesterday's execution of Christopher Johnson in Alabama was unconstitutional because the inmate showed signs of mental illness.

The video reminded me of another recent event at which I was present: last week's execution in Georgia of Troy Davis.