| The state reacted with a show trial, death sentences, and abrupt and immediate executions as a public deterrent. |
| From time to time there would be executions of guerillas taken prisoner by government forces. |
| In days of old, High Sheriffs had the authority to raise an army and even order executions of convicts. |
| Widespread public revulsion at the executions exacerbated a growing alienation from the British administration in Ireland. |
| By introducing lethal injections, he had hoped to at least make executions more humane. |
| Instead, there are signs of growing public revulsion over assembly-line executions and rampant police brutality and corruption. |
