handing down
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For decades, the Lone Star State was the death penalty capital of America, handing down more death sentences and carrying out more executions than any other state in the Union.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026
In handing down her sentence, Judge Hayley Cormann called Silvey's actions "repulsive" and "degrading".
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Yet the judge stopped short of the 10-plus years prosecutors said would be appropriate, handing down a seven-year sentence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
"These people are not statistics in an epidemiological study," the judge said when handing down the sentence.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
Thick books dog-eared from the handing down from neighbor to neighbor.
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
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