judicial murder
Example Sentences
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The UK's then Prime Minister, John Major, called it a "fraudulent trial" and described the executions as "judicial murder".
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2019
It's unfortunate that the same terminology applies both to an engaging sort of Halloween ghoul and a 400-year-old excuse for judicial murder.
From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2012
Flinging the defunct Commission's hat once more into the ring, General Morgan rehearsed the "judicial murder" of Edith Cavell and seemed to think it could not receive too much film publicity.
From Time Magazine Archive
The judicial murder of Socrates was a mirror of the city-states' violent dealings with each other.
From Time Magazine Archive
And because he saw how easily the mob could be swayed—he was traumatized by the judicial murder of his teacher and hero Socrates—he didn’t trust rhetoric.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
