death sentence

Riding bikes involves a certain element of danger—as do skiing or walking or taking a shower—but it’s not remotely a death sentence, and it’s far more likely to give you a new lease on life.

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

Asia Bibi, as she is known, was arrested and sentenced to death.

As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

The most notorious states are Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, where death is an acceptable legal remedy.

Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.

This is the place where the Muscovite criminals are banished to, if they are not put to death.

Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"

Elyon is the name of an ancient Phœnician god, slain by his son El, no doubt the “first-born of death” in Job xviii.

Your sacrifice shall be the agony of agonies, the death of deaths, and yet you'll find yourself unable to resist.

Good is set against evil, and life against death: so also is the sinner against a just man.