That process would not begin until next year, after appeals were exhausted.

He didn't go to jail until his appeals were exhausted in 1941.

According to the state attorney general's office, as of August, 2006, he had exhausted his appeals.

He had exhausted his appeals in the Virginia state courts.

They were executed together, prison officials said, simply because their appeals had been exhausted at the same time.

Several other charges are pending until all appeals have been exhausted.

Those who favor compliance say that legal appeals have been all but exhausted.

After administrative appeals to the agency are exhausted, the only step left is the courts.

Before, criminals were defined as those who had exhausted their appeals - a process that usually takes 20 years or more.

The first execution under the law is not expected for years, after those who have been condemned exhaust their appeals.