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stay of execution n. a court-ordered delay in inflicting the death penalty. (See: stay) STAY OF EXECUTION, practice. A term during which no execution can issue on a
judgment.
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Fame wins Wilbur only a temporary stay of execution. Timothy McVeigh's brief stay of execution in May underscores the potential for error in capital punishment cases, writes Salim Muwakkil in a June 25 In These Times editorial. While an appeals court has awarded Napster a stay of execution, the RIAA now finds itself with the unenviable question, "What now? |
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