sentence/condemn to death
idiom
: to officially order (someone) to be killed as punishment for a crime
The jury quickly convicted her and sentenced/condemned her to death.
—often used as (be) sentenced/condemnedShe was convicted of murder and sentenced/condemned to death.
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He was convicted of capital murder on March 11, 2011 and sentence to death 10 days later.
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Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
In cases like those of Earl Washington Jr., later exonerated by DNA evidence, the defense hardly called any witnesses at all to give the jury a reason not to sentence to death a man who was innocent.
—Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2021
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Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
In cases like those of Earl Washington Jr., later exonerated by DNA evidence, the defense hardly called any witnesses at all to give the jury a reason not to sentence to death a man who was innocent.
—Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2021
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