How to Use death warrant in a Sentence

death warrant

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  • The state ran out of time as the death warrant expired.
    — Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Robert Harris crafts a thrilling chase from the true story of the men who signed the death warrant of a king.
    — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The state obtained Creech’s latest death warrant the next day.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The prison warden read aloud the death warrant, then asked whether there were any final words.
    — New York Times, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Dozier’s death warrant, issued on June 19, is valid through the end of this week.
    — David Montero, latimes.com, 11 July 2018
  • Their death warrants written, freedom was the highest prize in the time that remained.
    — Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Power, when a death warrant comes due at Holeman Prison, over who dies.
    — al, 29 Aug. 2019
  • With the death warrant expiring at midnight, the Supreme Court had six hours to decide Mr. Woods’s fate.
    — New York Times, 5 Dec. 2021
  • He was pronounced dead about 35 minutes after the death warrant was read.
    — Time, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The death warrant expired at midnight and the state would have to ask the Alabama Supreme Court to set another date.
    — Kent Faulk, AL.com, 5 Mar. 2018
  • The decision means the state remains free to seek a death warrant for Pizzuto.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The executions of Smith and Miller were called off after the death warrants expired.
    — Marty Roney, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
  • The death warrant was signed in 2010 by another one of Bevin's adversaries, then-Gov.
    — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 10 Dec. 2019
  • The court ruling came around 9 p.m. Thursday, about three hours before Miller’s death warrant was set to expire.
    — Steve Vladeck, CNN, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Because the death warrant expired at midnight, the state must go back to court to seek a new execution date.
    — Kim Chandler, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The death warrant is now being allowed to expire and will need to be renewed for a later attempt.
    — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Sudan's death is largely seen as the final signature on the species' death warrant.
    — National Geographic, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The governor who signed his first death warrant, Bob Martinez, left office in 1991.
    — Steve Bousquet, miamiherald, 3 Oct. 2017
  • His attorney found out on April 25, just two days before his death warrant was signed by a Cobb County judge.
    — Shaddi Abusaid, ajc, 19 May 2022
  • But Michael signing the death warrant for the ne’er-do-well who tried to blackmail him is basically pulling the trigger himself.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2021
  • Senator Joe Manchin has already put his name on its death warrant . . .
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Turnidge, now 44, asked Partridge to send his case back to the judge who presided over his original trial so his death warrant could be signed.
    — oregonlive, 14 June 2021
  • When the curtains opened to the execution room at 9 p.m., the death warrant was read three minutes later, leaving James the chance to utter any last words.
    — Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al, 19 Aug. 2022
  • An exact date would be set after a death warrant is issued July 9.
    — Ken Ritter, Star Tribune, 10 June 2021
  • The king of Siam even issued their death warrants before forgetting about them, leaving them to grow up as healthy, active boys on the Mekong River.
    — Candice Millard, New York Times, 1 June 2018
  • Although a general amnesty has been declared, there’s one small group that won’t qualify — the 59 men who signed the former king’s death warrant.
    — Alida Becker, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Creech’s death warrant expired at the end of day and he was returned to his cell, Tewalt said in a message to staff, and authorities will meet to determine next steps.
    — Niha Masih, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Gonzalez's second term ends in 2024 and anyone who takes his place would have the ability to reinstate the death warrant.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Later in the evening, plans to execute Hamm, 61, were set in motion before his death warrant expired at midnight.
    — Matthew Haag, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Feb. 2018
  • New death warrant process Under existing law, the Kansas Supreme Court issues a death warrant once a prisoner has exhausted the appeals process.
    — Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2024

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