Complex sentence: Isa was noted for his opposition to the use of the death penalty, and routinely refused to sign death warrants except on one occasion in 1996, when he gave in to pressure from the security forces to execute a man convicted of the murder of a soldier.
Split into simpler sentences: Isa was noted for his opposition to the use of the death penalty, and routinely refused to sign death warrants. One exception occurred in 1996, when he succumbed to pressure from the security forces to execute a man convicted of the murder of a soldier.