11.   Sure enough, as executions have become more numerous, murder has declined.

12.   While some opponents of the death penalty work steadily for its repeal, the executions have become part of life.

13.   Public executions are becoming increasingly common in eastern and southern Afghanistan, where leaders from the rebel Taliban militia have imposed strict Islamic law.

14.   Executions have become a common form of punishment to deter the growing narcotics trade in Vietnam.

15.   He will be put to death in Texas, where executions have become almost business-as-usual.

16.   Public executions are becoming more common in eastern and southern Afghanistan, where leaders of the rebel Taliban militia have imposed strict Islamic law.

17.   Public executions are becoming increasingly common in eastern and southern Afghanistan, where leaders from the rebel Taliban militia have imposed strict Islamic laws.