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• In the old days, in these times, you would be put to death.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2022
• Dixon was the sixth inmate to be put to death in the U.S. so far this year.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 11 May 2022
• Owens was the first inmate to be put to death in South Carolina in over a decade.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2024
• The jury will decide if Cruz should be put to death for the murders or be sent to prison for the rest of his life.
  — Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2022
• In just over two weeks, an innocent man could be put to death.
  — NBC News, 17 Nov. 2021
• Lucio was slated to be put to death in Texas on Wednesday evening.
  — Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2022
• And in April, the government announced that minors would no longer be put to death for such crimes.
  — Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2020
• Activists warn that others could also be put to death in the near future.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
• Atwood is set to be the second Arizona prisoner to be put to death in less than a month.
  — Fox News, 8 June 2022
• Nelson is the second man scheduled to be put to death at the federal prison in Terre Haute this week.
  — Justin L. MacK, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Aug. 2020
• The same jury will hear evidence in a second phase to decide whether he should be put to death.
  — Kris Maher, WSJ, 13 July 2023
• Owens, 46, is scheduled to be put to death for the killing of Irene Graves, according to the state’s Department of Corrections.
  — Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
• Instead, Barber had asked to be put to death by nitrogen gas.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN, 20 July 2023
• Richard Glossip was scheduled to be put to death on May 18, but that has now been placed on hold following the high court's ruling.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 6 May 2023
• Richard Glossip was scheduled to be put to death on May 18, but that has now been placed on hold following the high court's ruling.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 6 May 2023
• In some places and time periods, however, men could be put to death for doing so.
  — Paul Bloom, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2023
• He was set to be put to death at 6 p.m., but the prison did not transport media witnesses to Holman until 6:33 p.m.
  — Ivana Hrynkiw | [e-mail], al, 28 July 2022
• Kenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to be the first person in the United States to be put to death with nitrogen gas.
  — Stephen Smith, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2024
• Is this a sign of protection from the gods, or will the twosome be put to death for expressing forbidden love?
  — New York Times, 29 Jan. 2021
• The last person to be put to death in the state was Ronnie Gardner, who was executed by firing squad.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Sep. 2021
• The same issue arose when prisoner Alan Eugene Miller, 57, was due to be put to death in September.
  — Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
• Until the end of the Civil War, state law made explicit that only a Black person could be put to death for rape; a White man would face at most 20 years in prison.
  — Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2020
• In media reports and court records, the Bonnies’ family members appear to be split on whether Dorsey should be put to death.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
• In a race against the clock, Melissa must find out if an innocent man is going to be put to death for a crime her father committed.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 16 Feb. 2024
• If a jury hadn’t decided he should be put to death, Tsarnaev would be gone, serving out the rest of his days in federal prison.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2021
• Barber, 64, is the first inmate in Alabama to be put to death under the state’s new rules that allowed Gov. Kay Ivey to set a 30-hour time frame for the execution.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 20 July 2023
• James was set to be put to death at 6 p.m. on the night of his execution, but the prison did not transport media witnesses to Holman until 6:33 p.m.
  — Ivana Hrynkiw | [e-mail], al, 28 Dec. 2022
• Five years later, a man the former prosecutor had tried for murder was about to be put to death by lethal injection.
  — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
• Nine of the 12 jurors recommended Wilson be put to death for Melton's murder during the June trial.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
• In the years since the massacre, the victims’ families and congregations have expressed differing views about whether the shooter should be put to death.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN, 26 June 2023

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024