1.   As a result, this public execution was among the most private in California history.

2.   It can be argued that Monsieur Guillotin was the true founder of democracy by eliminating class distinction in public executions.

3.   It is an odd feeling, knowing that soon you will witness a public execution.

4.   It is one of the few countries where they still hold public executions.

5.   Reports of inhuman treatment, torture, and public execution for failure to conform with Kimism were rife.

6.   She made it sound like a public execution, Christina thought.

7.   A new law was introduced providing for the public execution of drug traffickers and dealers.

8.   Armies have traditionally used public execution as an exemplary punishment for the crime of desertion.

9.   In much the same way, one presumes, as the crowds in this country once gathered to cheer public executions.