It had been three years since the last execution.

His assistant informed him that as far as they knew, nothing had happened since the first execution.

Ever since the execution of the Romanovs there have been pretenders to their nonexistent throne.

However, no person of significant stature or influence has advocated the Death Penalty for quite some time since the last execution in 1967.

The event is said to have created the largest public interest since the execution of murderer Elizabeth Brownrigg in 1767.

He was the first person to be executed by firing squad in the United States since the execution of John Albert Taylor 14 years earlier.

It marked the first death sentence against militants since the execution of five men who shot President Sadat in 1981.

However, it had been suspended since the last execution on 16 November 1966.

But then, it's been long time since the last execution.

It's 50 years since the execution of Bukharin.