put to death
Example Sentences
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More than half of them were Black men; nearly all of them were put to death in Florida, Oklahoma, or Texas.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
There were 47 executions in the United States last year, the most since 2009, when 52 inmates were put to death.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
Deuteronomy 24:16 states: “Parents shall not be put to death for children, nor children be put to death for parents: a person shall be put to death only for his own crime.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025
More people have been put to death in Texas than anywhere else in the US.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025
And John Smith was tried and sentenced to be put to death in England—though he died of tuberculosis before his ship reached London.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
