death penalty
Example Sentences
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“Even people who are resigned to the death penalty, who don’t have religious or other scruples about the death penalty, have real heartburn over this,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
The BBC spoke to Americans as well as international tourists in Washington DC about their views on the death penalty.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
She was sentenced to death, but that sentence was commuted to life in prison with the possibility of parole after the death penalty was ruled unconstitutional in 1972.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Message to Italy: We don’t seek the death penalty for Lee Gilley.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
I had dealt with Nunnelly in several other death penalty cases.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
