Usage examples with stay of execution

stay the execution of a sentence
أوْقَفَ تَنْفِيذَ الْحُكْمِ أو القَرارِ إلخ

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In 1988, he received a stay of execution the day before sentence was to be carried out.
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The friend reasons that the man's claims constitute reasonable doubt as to his sanity, and that the district attorney should ask the governor to issue a stay of execution.
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He was granted a stay of execution to allow him to write a justification of his actions.
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His insanity always got him a stay of execution, the character thinks.
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The flurry of last-minute attempts to secure a stay of execution are not included in this section.
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His plea for a stay of execution was denied, and every ship in port sent a boat of seamen to witness the hanging.
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His attorney successfully won a stay of execution.
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The executions were never implementedthe night before the new court-appointed attorneys for the men obtained a stay of execution from a federal judge.
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Research gathered in the making of the film led to a last-minute stay of execution.
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The warden arrives and tells him that the governor has chosen not to issue a stay of execution.
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