death sentence
noun
1
: a sentence condemning a convicted defendant to death
2
: an affliction or a situation that is considered to be fatal
also
: a prognosis of death
Examples of death sentence in a Sentence
She received a death sentence for the murders.
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Upholding the death sentence this week, the appeal court’s judges said Lan’s crimes caused grave consequences, and there are no mitigating circumstances to reduce her sentence, VnExpress International reported.
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Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
Grayson is the only one of the four facing a death sentence since the other teens were under 18 at the time of the killing.
—CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024
In the modern era, President Barack Obama granted clemency to a federal death row inmate with an intellectual disability and commuted the death sentence of someone on military death row, according to Maher, at the Death Penalty Information Center.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2024
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Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
Grayson is the only one of the four facing a death sentence since the other teens were under 18 at the time of the killing.
—CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024
In the modern era, President Barack Obama granted clemency to a federal death row inmate with an intellectual disability and commuted the death sentence of someone on military death row, according to Maher, at the Death Penalty Information Center.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2024
Latest headlines: 4:38 AM PST Khamenei calls for 'death sentence' for Netanyahu, Israeli leaders
4:13 AM PST
Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut suburbs
Nov 24, 2024, 12:05 PM PST
Israeli official confirms Netanyahu holding meeting on Lebanon cease-fire
Here's how the news is developing.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Death sentence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20sentence. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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