| The jaw fracture made it impossible to hang him humanely and for this reason he was reprieved! |
| They laughed like men reprieved, and when the bottle of whisky was finished Staten gripping it by the neck flung it far out to sea. |
| Rudge is hanged, Barnaby is reprieved from the gallows at the last moment, and Chester is killed by Haredale in a duel. |
| Acquittal rates were high and infanticide was the only form of homicide for which women might be reprieved or pardoned. |
| That the Home Secretary reprieved Edmunds on ground of insanity rather than simply commuting her death sentence to a life term is intriguing. |
| Zhang himself was sentenced to death for his action, though Lin was immediately reprieved and placed under arrest. |
