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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Circuit Court Judge Judge David Johnson handed down the death sentence on Monday.
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USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
The United States Supreme Court threw out the death sentence, called it a kangaroo-court proceeding.
—John J. Lennon, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2024
He was sentenced to death for each murder, court records show, and his conviction and death sentence have previously been upheld on appeal.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
The state carried out Dorsey's death sentence by lethal injection at Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri's Department of Corrections said in a statement.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
Musk has said that allowing Chinese companies to sell cheap EVs in the United States would be a death sentence for domestic automakers like his own.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 5 Apr. 2024
There were 36 men and one woman under death sentence in Georgia, including Pye.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2024
Reece remains in prison in Texas and is appealing his Oklahoma death sentence.
—Claire Lempert, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2024
The man convicted in Polly Klaas' 1993 kidnapping from a sleepover and subsequent murder is asking the California Superior Court to overturn his death sentence.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2024
USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
The United States Supreme Court threw out the death sentence, called it a kangaroo-court proceeding.
—John J. Lennon, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2024
He was sentenced to death for each murder, court records show, and his conviction and death sentence have previously been upheld on appeal.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
The state carried out Dorsey's death sentence by lethal injection at Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri's Department of Corrections said in a statement.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
Musk has said that allowing Chinese companies to sell cheap EVs in the United States would be a death sentence for domestic automakers like his own.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 5 Apr. 2024
There were 36 men and one woman under death sentence in Georgia, including Pye.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2024
Reece remains in prison in Texas and is appealing his Oklahoma death sentence.
—Claire Lempert, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2024
The man convicted in Polly Klaas' 1993 kidnapping from a sleepover and subsequent murder is asking the California Superior Court to overturn his death sentence.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2024
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“Death sentence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20sentence. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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