executioner
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The initiator caspase switches on, but the pathway then stalls before the executioner caspases can complete the destruction of the cell.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Iran is thought to be the world's second-most prolific executioner after China.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
"Amnesty International continues to consider China as the world's leading executioner," it said.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
The guillotine blade that was allegedly used comes from the Madame Tussauds Chamber of Horrors, by descent from the family of Charles-Henri Sanson, the executioner, whose son Henri may have pulled the lever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
Now she was the subject of many da-zi-bao calling her an opportunist, a black executioner, a corruptor of the young.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
The government does not publish how many people are on death row, though human rights groups say there are more than 1,000 and that Vietnam is one of the world’s biggest executioners.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2024
She’s won recognition abroad for her work, including her activism against the death penalty in Iran, which remains one of the world’s top executioners.
From Washington Times ● May 3, 2023
Pharmaceutical companies increasingly have barred executioners from using their drugs, saying they were meant to save lives.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
But other promised reforms have faded out of view, including Mohammed’s vow to curtail the use of the death penalty in a country that has long been among the world’s leading executioners.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2022
In truth, Ned did not trust the mute knight, though perhaps that was only because he misliked executioners.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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