Word: meting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some countries, like China, have been known to mete out swift execution to < their political prisoners. Others, like Cuba, imprison them for decades. Indonesia has a uniquely cruel approach. As early as this week, the Jakarta government intends to execute six men for their alleged roles in a 1965 coup attempt -- after keeping them behind bars for anywhere from 18 to 24 years. In February four other purported conspirators were sent before the firing squad. Those killings prompted a burst of protest from overseas, but despite the outcry the government is going ahead with its plan. According to a close...
After tying him up, Marjorie, cynical about the justice system, begins to mete out what she sees as justice: torture. Marjorie's roomates come home to find her attacker in the fireplace, bound and blindfolded. Debates ensue between them about the fair punishment of the potential rapist and Marjorie's role in the assault. At one point one of her roommates even insinuates Marjorie's clothing--or lack thereof--is calculated to provoke...