The meaning of EXECUTION is the act or process of executing : performance. How to use execution in a sentence.

17 hours ago · Frank Walls will be executed at 6 p.m. after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his appeal for a stay of execution.

EXECUTION definition: the act or process of executing. See examples of execution used in a sentence.

3 days ago · The execution for Stacey Humphreys, 52, was suspended on Monday. Georgia Department of Corrections “The Board has the unique authority to correct what the courts could not: a death …

EXECUTION definition: 1. the legal punishment of killing someone: 2. the act of doing or performing something…. Learn more.

The sentence ordering that an offender be punished in such a manner is called a death sentence, and the act of carrying out the sentence is an execution. A prisoner who has been sentenced to death …

** On December 15, 2025, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles issued an order sus­pend­ing Mr. Humphreys’ exe­cu­tion after can­celling his legal­ly required clemen­cy hear­ing. The exe­cu­tion …