death warrant
Example Sentences
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Critics say this mothballing will amount to a death warrant, and have asked San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors to give the fountain another chance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
That neighboring Indiana recently broke from the group of death penalty swing states after having not carried out an execution in 15 years makes Beshear’s refusal to issue a death warrant all the more significant.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2025
Tewalt, the correction director, quickly announced the state would not try again Wednesday, and the death warrant expired.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
But the 36-year-old business manager, from Manchester, signed his own death warrant on last night's episode when he was banished from the castle after a standoff with a fellow traitor.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2024
It was his father, reading the death warrant.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
