death sentence
noun
1
: a sentence condemning a convicted defendant to death
2
: an affliction or a situation that is considered to be fatal
also
: a prognosis of death
Examples of death sentence in a Sentence
She received a death sentence for the murders.
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Local Fox 59 had reported that Hamilton County prosecutors originally sought the death sentence against Farmer for killing the mother of three.
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Sean Neumann, People.com, 5 May 2025
Hutchinson was convicted of all four murders and given a death sentence for the murder of each child.
—James Powel, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Louisiana is about to find out Texas court issues rare stay of execution for Death Row inmate who fought for DNA testing Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commutes death sentence of Robin Dion Myers, a first in her tenure
What did James Osgood do?
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
But as a new sentencing hearing began, Osgood asked for another death sentence.
—CBS News, 23 Apr. 2025
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Sean Neumann, People.com, 5 May 2025
Hutchinson was convicted of all four murders and given a death sentence for the murder of each child.
—James Powel, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Louisiana is about to find out Texas court issues rare stay of execution for Death Row inmate who fought for DNA testing Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commutes death sentence of Robin Dion Myers, a first in her tenure
What did James Osgood do?
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
But as a new sentencing hearing began, Osgood asked for another death sentence.
—CBS News, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Death sentence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20sentence. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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