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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The governor has commuted just one death sentence since taking office more than nine years ago, and in that time authorized 73 executions, more than any state in the country.
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 17 Oct. 2024
An Alabama jury found Dearman guilty and unanimously recommended a death sentence in 2018 for the murder of all five family members.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
Earlier Wednesday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles declined to recommend clemency after his attorneys requested his death sentence be commuted to a lesser penalty – or that the inmate be granted a 180-day reprieve to allow time for his appeals to be argued in court.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
Retired Circuit Court Judge Gary Clary, who imposed the death sentence, also asked McMaster to grant clemency.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 17 Oct. 2024
An Alabama jury found Dearman guilty and unanimously recommended a death sentence in 2018 for the murder of all five family members.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
Earlier Wednesday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles declined to recommend clemency after his attorneys requested his death sentence be commuted to a lesser penalty – or that the inmate be granted a 180-day reprieve to allow time for his appeals to be argued in court.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
Retired Circuit Court Judge Gary Clary, who imposed the death sentence, also asked McMaster to grant clemency.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Death sentence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20sentence. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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