The decision, by six votes to two, occurred when the court overturned the death sentence against Robert S. Minnick, a Mississippi man who escaped from prison and, with an accomplice, murdered two men during a burglary in 1986.(BNCI)
On June 8 a martial law court passed its first death sentence, on a stateless resident accused of joining the Iraqi Popular Army. (BNCI)
Now, that is a terrible thing, because it means that whatever Mr Hussein has done, he has also in fact, written the death sentence for millions of children who will never have heard of him.(BNCI)