be put to death
idiom
: to be killed at a scheduled time by someone who is legally allowed to do so
a serial killer who was put to death for the murder of 28 people
The dog that attacked the children was later put to death.
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Roberson’s innocence claim underscores an inherent risk of capital punishment: A potentially innocent person could be put to death.
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Dakin Andone, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
Death row inmates in five states are scheduled to be put to death in the span of one week, an unusually high number of executions that defies a years-long trend of decline in both the use and support of the death penalty in the United States.
—Sean Murphy, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2024
Owens, 46, is scheduled to be put to death for the killing of Irene Graves, according to the state’s Department of Corrections.
—Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
Owens was the first inmate to be put to death in South Carolina in over a decade.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2024
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Dakin Andone, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
Death row inmates in five states are scheduled to be put to death in the span of one week, an unusually high number of executions that defies a years-long trend of decline in both the use and support of the death penalty in the United States.
—Sean Murphy, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2024
Owens, 46, is scheduled to be put to death for the killing of Irene Graves, according to the state’s Department of Corrections.
—Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
Owens was the first inmate to be put to death in South Carolina in over a decade.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2024
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“Be put to death.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20put%20to%20death. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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