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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But Fielder pleaded guilty in December, effectively taking a death sentence off the table.
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Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
But legally, their consent is not required as the Supreme Court ruled in 1927 that the president can commute a death sentence without an inmate's consent.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Congo abolished the death sentence in 1981, but it was reinstated in 2006.
—Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
Brown got 25 years for the charges pending against him, including the two murders that had carried the possibility of a death sentence.
—Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
But legally, their consent is not required as the Supreme Court ruled in 1927 that the president can commute a death sentence without an inmate's consent.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Congo abolished the death sentence in 1981, but it was reinstated in 2006.
—Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
Brown got 25 years for the charges pending against him, including the two murders that had carried the possibility of a death sentence.
—Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Death sentence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20sentence. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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