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Hate builds up within, as he lost his son in Vietnam and he takes it upon himself to hand out the punishment for fleeing his commitments.
Then the collectivity, human society decides to consider the individual survival instinct as being a crime and as deserving punishment.
It's a just punishment for Dunaway's crimes against humanity, acting and fashion and it's a great relief for the audience.
This is not worth a rental, this is not worth borrowing from a friend, this is a film to use as punishment.
On the other hand, the financial failure this little movie must have been during its release was probably enough punishment for them as it is...
Will Susan be treated to such a punishment as she pursues an escape route or will the kind orderly Ron(Richard Cox;who is actually an agent trying to infiltrate Fletcher's operation so that the lobotomies to innocent patients will end)be able to save her from a horrifying fate?
This murderer gets inspired of the seven deadly sins to choose his victims and their punishment.
One named Abdul(Erin Blunt) who's not ashamed to say anything, but in one game, his "jewels" take some real punishment.
they are put on the case as punishment or to keep them from trouble,as they are an embarrassment to their superiors.as
That would be the best punishment for dear Marc.
Apparently Charro is punishment for the girl's family for something her ancestors did.
MP, the man & the character in the film, was a loser from Day 1, who whined to be spared punishment for his sins because he was an artiste.
I always root for Tom, so in the rare case he actually lays some punishment on that bratty mouse, I love it.
Even so, amnesty allowed many people with blood on their hands to escape punishment in the interest of avoiding greater bloodshed.
Terrorists, when caught, are subject to criminal sanctions and punishment under the law.
While the United Nations Security Council debates how to reprimand North Korea for the attack on the Cheonan, few people in South Korea believe that any punishment will deter Kim or shorten the life of his regime.
But the Catholics used a shotgun for this brutal punishment, and the Protestants an electric drill.
Israel’s blockade amounts to collective punishment.
A law ignored by most is difficult to enforce, unless the state employs excessive punishment in a few cases or substantial resources.
As punishment, because Turkey sided with the US-led invasion of Iraq?
Since WWII, Europeans have found it unacceptable to subject any group to collective punishment or mass expulsion on the basis of ethnicity, so, in casting aside fundamental rights in the name of security, rounding up Roma sets a worrying precedent.
These wars are inflicting heavy punishment on precisely those peoples who have held fully free and fair elections in the region, while eroding the legitimacy of Israel’s democracy.
Democracies have long known that extreme and indiscriminate punishment – which by definition affects friend and foe, combatant and civilian alike – is a grave violation of international law, as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, has pointed out.
He was convicted according to due process of law, and his punishment was in accordance with valid statutes.
But the question remains: Should capital punishment be on the books at all?
My statements were also motivated by problems with the way capital punishment is imposed in India.
But the decision to impose capital punishment remains highly subjective.
This leaves much room for the arbitrary and disproportionate application of capital punishment.
Yet, when it comes to the imposition of capital punishment, both are prominent.
But the real problem is deeper: capital punishment is, at its core, about nothing more than retribution.
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