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

Carr clearly got a taste for murder as the show progressed, bumping off Paloma Faith in plain sight and handing Lucy Beaumont her death warrant.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

If and when the state kills, every decision, including whether and when to issue a death warrant, must be done publicly, deliberately, and in a way that accords the condemned due process of law.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025

Officials then tried a central line, which involves a catheter placed into a large vein, but were unable to complete the process before the death warrant expired.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2024

One of them spoke as though he read from a death warrant.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri