put to death
Example Sentences
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That happened earlier this year when the Dallas County Commissioners Court ruled that Tommy Lee Walker was innocent, 70 years after he was put to death by the state of Texas.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026
Alabama filed an emergency order on Thursday, just hours before the scheduled execution Lee, 49, who was to be put to death at 18:00 local time.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
There were 47 executions in the United States last year, the most since 2009, when 52 inmates were put to death.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Deuteronomy 24:16 states: “Parents shall not be put to death for children, nor children be put to death for parents: a person shall be put to death only for his own crime.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
Furious with anger, he was hurrying from the temple to capture and put to death the impious strangers and the treacherous priestess, when suddenly above him in the air a radiant form appeared—manifestly a goddess.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
