death sentence
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death sentences
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Rasonque, a new therapy from Revolution Medicine, is a milestone for treating a mutation that made pancreatic cancer a death sentence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"Back then a diagnosis of inflammatory triple negative breast cancer was like being handed a death sentence," Lynette said.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Lower house MP Aye Chan confirmed to AFP that the death sentence remained in the approved version of the law.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Her doctor insists that the surgery cannot wait, but putting her ambitions on hold means losing a part of herself — a different kind of death sentence than the one she’s now facing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
For an enslaved man in Tennessee at that time, a murder conviction would have resulted in a swift death sentence.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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