death sentence
死刑,判处死刑,死刑判决,死亡判决
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- : a sentence condemning a convicted felon to execution by the state.
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She urged the court to affirm the jury’s verdict and not to vacate Roof’s death sentence.
Higher pressure slows their growth, and slow growth of juveniles has been a death sentence for them.
He argues that sending a 79-year-old man to prison during a pandemic amounts to a death sentence.
Often diagnosed late and resistant to treatment, it is essentially a death sentence—only 8 to 10 percent of patients remain alive five years after diagnosis.
If Oneal is convicted, prosecutors will seek a death sentence, the Times reported.
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Asia Bibi, as she is known, was arrested and sentenced to death.
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
The most notorious states are Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, where death is an acceptable legal remedy.
Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.
This is the place where the Muscovite criminals are banished to, if they are not put to death.
Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
Elyon is the name of an ancient Phœnician god, slain by his son El, no doubt the “first-born of death” in Job xviii.