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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Tie any relief to verifiable human-rights milestones—each prisoner released, each death sentence commuted, each protester freed.
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Kazem Kazerounian, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2025
Ronald Mikos President Biden commuted the federal death sentence for the former Chicago podiatrist to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Dec. 23, 2024.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
Thorny issues have included the Chinese military's increasingly assertive behavior and the suspended death sentence handed out to Australian writer Yang Hengjun for alleged espionage.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025
All are felonies, and the murder charges carry up to life in prison or the death sentence, if he is convicted.
—Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 22 May 2025
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Kazem Kazerounian, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2025
Ronald Mikos President Biden commuted the federal death sentence for the former Chicago podiatrist to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Dec. 23, 2024.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
Thorny issues have included the Chinese military's increasingly assertive behavior and the suspended death sentence handed out to Australian writer Yang Hengjun for alleged espionage.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025
All are felonies, and the murder charges carry up to life in prison or the death sentence, if he is convicted.
—Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 22 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for death sentence
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“Death sentence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20sentence. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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