What is "executions"

Usage examples of "executions".

But it was Florida State Prison that contained Death Row, and it was here that all executions took place.

Politicians were competitive about attending executions, hoping their presence at such weighty law-and-order scenes would garner votes.

In reality, outside official executions, where the hangman has the advantage of training or practice, the neck rarely breaks.

Since 1976, there have been over seven hundred executions in the United States.

Fifty-one percent favored halting all executions until a commission is established to determine whether the death penalty is being administered fairly.

In spite of calls from Republican governors like George Ryan of Illinois to support a moratorium on capital punishment, he rejected all efforts to slow down the number of executions even after it was revealed that there are dozens of people on death row who are innocent.

Republican governors like George Ryan of Illinois to support a moratorium on capital punishment, he rejected all efforts to slow down the number of executions even after it was revealed that there are dozens of people on death row who are innocent.