state execution
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An execution carried out under the authority of a state government.
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- The debate continues over whether state execution should be abolished.
- A senator's request to suspend federal executions, not state execution, was denied.
- Many argue that state execution violates human rights principles.
- The Supreme Court ruling affected both federal and state execution policies.
- Protesters gathered outside the prison before the state execution.
- Legal experts debated the constitutionality of state execution.
- The governor has the power to commute a state execution to life imprisonment.
- Statistics show declining public support for state execution nationwide.
- The defense attorney filed an appeal to halt the state execution.
- International observers criticized the country's use of state execution.