stays of execution
- plural of stay of execution.
Example Sentences
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To identify them prior to that, we flagged applications for stays of execution.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
The way the court acted in these death row cases was startling—overturning lower-court rulings in favor of prisoners and stays of execution in summary fashion without full consideration of the facts of each case.
From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2022
In October, he was among five people who won stays of execution from a three-judge panel of the 10th Circuit US Court of Appeal.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2021
But with the notable exception of emergency applications for last-minute stays of execution, this category of court activity has traditionally received little attention.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
In the cases where I had actually been counsel for the condemned while I was in Georgia, we'd always won stays of execution.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
