Both were executed, despite international appeals.

Troy Davis, who was executed in Georgia despite significant doubts about his guilt.

One chapter in the study profiles the cases of six men who were actually executed despite "substantial and compelling doubts about their guilt."

He is executed that same day, despite his protests.

Both leaders were executed, despite the protests of Gylippus, who wanted to take them back to Sparta.

She escaped the imprisonment of the nuns, went before the court and was executed, despite protests from her fellow nuns.

Since 1976, Mississippi has executed fewer prisoners than six other southern states despite comparable homicide rates.

Nicias was soon captured as well, and both were executed despite Gylippus' orders to the contrary.

In one case a man was executed despite the last-minute plea of his co-defendant that he was innocent.

As one of my fellow Members said, just recently a British citizen was actually executed, despite the fact that he was mentally ill.