death sentence
a sentence condemning a convicted felon to execution by the state.
- Compare life sentence.
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How to use death sentence in a sentence
She urged the court to affirm the jury’s verdict and not to vacate Roof’s death sentence.
Appeals court affirms Dylann Roof’s death sentence in Charleston church slayings | Ann Marimow | August 25, 2021 | Washington PostHigher pressure slows their growth, and slow growth of juveniles has been a death sentence for them.
He argues that sending a 79-year-old man to prison during a pandemic amounts to a death sentence.
A South African Court's Ruling Against Jacob Zuma Offers Hope for the Rule of Law | Ian Bremmer | July 6, 2021 | TimeOften diagnosed late and resistant to treatment, it is essentially a death sentence—only 8 to 10 percent of patients remain alive five years after diagnosis.
If Oneal is convicted, prosecutors will seek a death sentence, the Times reported.
Had he been competently represented, the jury might well have failed to concur on a death sentence.
How the U.S. Justice System Screws Prisoners with Disabilities | Elizabeth Picciuto | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe attempt was hatched in an effort to have a death sentence on an IRA man commuted, the military pensions archives reveal.
HIV went from an eventual death sentence to a chronic but manageable illness.
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When TB Was a Death Sentence: An Excerpt From ‘The Remedy’ | Thomas Goetz | April 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhy is standing out still a death sentence for black kids in America?
From Emmett Till to Jordan Davis, a Foolish, Lethal Fear of Black Teens | Joshua DuBois | February 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was like a death sentence pronounced in all solemnity upon some shivering criminal.
The Double Four | E. Phillips OppenheimIf you are afraid to make a cross, infidel, you pass your own death sentence, and I shall take on myself to execute it.
Laboulaye's Fairy Book | VariousTheir abandonment there had been intended as a death sentence for all of them.
Space Prison | Tom GodwinThe death sentence was rescinded, of course, pending this new trial.
A German Pompadour | Marie HayHe never informed them that the death sentence had been imposed.
A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines | Clayton Edwards
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