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
During his tenure, a former vice governor of eastern Jiangxi province was executed for taking bribes, the highest-ranking official to be put to death for such charges in five decades.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 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
More people have been put to death in Texas than anywhere else in the US.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2025
He wrote on February 21, 1894, “No one should be put to death no matter who it is, if it can be avoided, it is demoralizing to society to be barbarous.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
