a stay of execution

• 缓期执行

a stay of execution的用法和样例：

例句

1. The prisoner was given a stay of execution.
   该囚犯的处决获缓期执行。
2. The term of a fixed-term imprisonmt that is commuted from a death penalty with suspension of execution shall be counted from the date the suspension of execution expires.
   死刑缓期执行减为有期徒刑的刑期，从死刑缓期执行期满之日起计算。