name a variety of punishments appropriate for the crime, and courts have discretion in determining the precise punishment. However, many federal and state laws on narcotics identify a mandatory minimum prison sentence that must be imposed, and this ruling removes sentencing discretion from the judge....
In Massachusetts,New Plymouth, Connecticut andNew Haven Colony, the Puritans cared more for moral behavior and clean living than for property rights. They took their laws from the Bible, rather than English precedent. Consequently, Puritan punishments tended to be doled out less for larceny and m...
but nothing more. This fact is true of the brotherhood as a whole and society in general…” (p. xiv) “However, the Bible speaks today as it did nineteen hundred years ago; and all we know or can know on the subject must be learned from God” (Vanguard, Nov. 1982, p. 1) Openi...
Both of them are to be cut off from their people. 19 “‘Do not have sexual relations with the sister of either your mother or your father, for that would dishonor a close relative; both of you would be held responsible. 20 “‘If a man has sexual relations with his aunt, he has ...
While Frogwares has clearly taken influence from Dostoyevsky's work, it has also taken a few leaves from Telltale Games' development bible. The game is episodic in nature (a first for the series), featuring 6 individual cases rather than a single large case that ties smaller crimes together....
“If any of them offer their children as a sacrifice to Molech, they must be put to death. The people of the community must stone them to death.3I myself will turn against them and cut them off from the community, because they have defiled my sanctuary and brought shame on my holy na...
Part I traces the history of the Eighth Amendment from the time when the phrase "cruel and unusual punishments" first appeared in the English Bill of Rights in 1688 until when it was ratified as part of the Eighth Amendment over a century later in 1791. Part II reviews the Supreme Court...
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3 I myself will set my face against him and will cut him off from his people; for by sacrificing his children to Molek, he has defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name. 4 If the members of the community close their eyes when that man sacrifices one of his children to Molek and...
3 I myself will set my face against him and will cut him off from his people; for by sacrificing his children to Molek, he has defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name. 4 If the members of the community close their eyes when that man sacrifices one of his children to Molek and...