Gary Gilmore, American murderer whose 1977 execution in Utah ended a de facto nationwide moratorium on capital punishment that had lasted nearly 10 years. His case also attracted widespread attention because Gilmore resisted efforts made on his behalf to
Right before Japanwas defeated, the Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, under theMinistry of Foreign Affairs, prepared a document that stated that all the warleaders, including the Emperor of Japan, should face severe punishment.25Itwas well recognized among the Chinese leaders that the...
Here we investigated the experience of incidental haptic sensations on the harshness of punishment recommendations. Based on recent theories of embodiment, which claim that cognitive representations are structured by metaphorical mappings from sensory experience, we hypothesized that tactile priming with hard...
The first scaffold erected in that gently mannered island would arise for Gabriel, and that ignominious punishment tarnish the whole population and imprint upon it the first brand of disgrace. By a sad transition, which yet comes so easily in the destiny of man, the poor father grew to long...
The fact his depraved actions went without punishment for so long adds to the trauma for many of his victims, who say they will never recover. How did his crimes go unchecked? Again and again, Southwark Crown Court heard about the large, all-enveloping bear hu...
“Since hate violence has a unique serious impact on the community, it is entirely appropriate to acknowledge that this form of criminal conduct merits more substantial punishment,” wrote Jeffrey I. Abrams, Regional Director, ADL Los Angeles. “Bias crimes are intended to intimidate the victim...
cellphone to terminate any communication with the rapist. The vulnerable lady also explains how her education was torpedoed by the rapist soldiers. Her story adds to regular abuses of women as old as 73 by these French Cameroun soldiers who are still to get any punishment from any human right...
Wasting no time to defend the Israeli murderous raid on the Freedom Flotilla bound for Gaza with humanitarian aid, the power that now runs America, the Jewish Lobby and the Jewish-owned mass media, have enlisted none other than Vice President Joe Biden in their latest propaganda cause. Clearl...
It was not enough for Ali merely to put to death those who displeased116 him, the form of punishment must be constantly varied117 in order to produce a fresh mode of suffering, therefore new tortures had to be constantly invented. Now it was a servant, guilty of absence without leave, wh...
Dai Peng, a law professor from People's Public Security University of China, said the new office will be "a professional team for obtaining solid evidence against suspects" that will lead to severe punishment. He said public security officers at all levels often face difficulty tackling food-an...