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 people were put to death.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 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
There had been no federal inmates put to death in the US since 2003 until Trump resumed federal executions in July 2020.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024
In 2003, Texas put to death twenty-four inmates—or just 5 per cent of the nearly 500 inmates on its death row during that time.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
