Word: heinously
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...result of a heinous crime remains the same, no matter who commits it. Our justice system depends upon holding perpetrators responsible for their actions...
...When township officials apprehended 30 year old Zhou Jiangxiong in May 1998, they hung him upside down, repeatedly whipped and beat him with wooden clubs, burned him with cigarette butts, branded him with soldering irons and ripped his genitals off. What did this man do to deserve such a heinous punishment? According to Amnesty International, he was tortured to death because the officials were trying to make him reveal the whereabouts of his wife, whom they “suspected of being pregnant without permission...
...accusations leveled at doctors who perform legal abortions are heinous: They're called "child-killers" and "murderers." And while there is no explicit request for violence against the "criminals," the constant comparisons with Nazis and the call for information about the doctors' families and friends could undoubtedly be extremely unsettling for those mentioned on the site. But is it harassment or protected speech...
Bush reacted to the shootings by calling them "a disgraceful act of cowardice," and said, "When America teaches our children right from wrong and teaches values that respect life in our country, we'll be better off." Cold-blooded murder is a heinous act, but I wonder if the cowardice is on the part of the school district and the community and not just some frightened, angry 15-year...
...likeness to Clinton's acts of clemency is limited. The bank fraud for which Cox pleaded guilty is not seen as heinous as the cocaine-dealing conviction of Carlos Vignali, whose prison term was commuted by Clinton and who was also the son of a generous donor. Unlike the fugitive Rich, Cox acknowledged his wrongdoing and served time for it. Despite a hurried review by the Justice Department, Bush's team did not bypass it as Clinton's often did. No one politically linked to Bush is known to have been paid to pursue the Cox clemency. And Bush...