death sentence

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Defendants who commit a capital crime in one county may stand very different chances of getting a death sentence than someone who did the same thing in another county in the same state.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

These breakthrough medications converted HIV from a death sentence into a manageable chronic illness, saving millions of lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

"I had no understanding of what that meant, I thought it was potentially a death sentence."

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

It is incurable, with a median life expectancy of 12 to 18 months—in other words, a death sentence.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

For an enslaved man in Tennessee at that time, a murder conviction would have resulted in a swift death sentence.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis