Word: leniently
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...meted out. "Isn't it a strange turn of events that Marines are expected to be perfect under the stresses and brutality of a guerrilla war, but society says we need to uncover every mitigating circumstance that would possibly explain why street criminals kill?" Whether society is really that lenient towards street criminals seems open to debate. But what is not at issue is that Haditha has already begun to shake the leadership of the Marines at its core...
...tenure more than 30,000 rightist paramilitaries have been demobilized as part of an initiative that grants reduced sentences to militia members responsible for some of Colombia's most brutal crimes. But human rights groups, and even some of Uribe's supporters, have criticized the peace offer as too lenient, though Uribe has said he is willing to give the same treatment to the country's two leftist rebel groups...
...rich, politically connected society toff named William Zantzinger. Don't cry yet, Dylan warns in each of the first three choruses, as he relates the awful particulars of the case: "Now ain't the time for your tears." At the end, he spits out the judge's obscenely lenient decision: "And handed out strongly for penalty and repentance, / William Zanzinger with a six months' sentence." Dylan's message: Don't weep for one blameless soul brutally, thoughtlessly killed; weep for the system that, after due consideration, shrugs away a rich white man's murder of a poor black woman...
...illuminates some of the shortcomings of the U.S. strategy for defeating the insurgency. The commander has only one brigade to secure the town, even though U.S. officers say privately that at least three are needed. Among the troops, frustration is growing: many officers say that the U.S. is too lenient in its dealings with the enemy, allowing too many captured insurgents to go free, and that soldiers can do little more than act as international police. Others claim that superiors are overlooking their reports about conditions on the ground. If the U.S. and its Iraqi allies are making progress...
Amidst all of these symbolic activities, the council also discussed how non-politial Cantabrigians play around. Councillors unanimously passed two policy orders that may result in more lenient liquor licensing policies...