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 last person to be executed after a death sentence in Miami-Dade was Jose Antonio Jimenez in 2018.
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Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025
The Florida Supreme Court has consistently held that executive clemency, including the initial question of whether to commute or carry out a death sentence, is at the sole discretion of the executive branch and not subject to the open government laws or judicial review.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2025
Seventeen years ago, Susan Gubar was handed a death sentence.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
Stanko was also serving a death sentence for killing his live-in girlfriend in her Georgetown County home hours earlier, strangling her and raping her teenage daughter.
—Arkansas Online, 14 June 2025
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Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025
The Florida Supreme Court has consistently held that executive clemency, including the initial question of whether to commute or carry out a death sentence, is at the sole discretion of the executive branch and not subject to the open government laws or judicial review.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2025
Seventeen years ago, Susan Gubar was handed a death sentence.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
Stanko was also serving a death sentence for killing his live-in girlfriend in her Georgetown County home hours earlier, strangling her and raping her teenage daughter.
—Arkansas Online, 14 June 2025
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“Death sentence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20sentence. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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