Sentence:  Reggie Clemons has one last chance to save his life. After 19 years on death row in Missouri for the murder of two young women, he has been granted a final opportunity to persuade a judge that he should be <WSD>spared</WSD> execution by lethal injection. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy.