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…deserved, swift and capital punishment, as I do not believe Peter Kurten to be redeemable or fit for rehabilitation. At first when I began reading about his life I was shocked, but having by now read much worse crimes I wasn’t in disbelief. However…

…punishment. Since this was a matrilineal society a father of a family could not punish his own children because they are from a different clan. If he killed a child he would be subject to revenge from his wife¡¦s clan. In times of war the red or war council…

…shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor…

…present-day Monterey, a "pleasing stretch of land." This was the capital of Alta California. He founded his second mission at this location, San Carlos Borromeo Del Rio Carmelo (Saint Charles Borromeo by the Carmel River). This mission became…

…that there are a great many eye-servants among you, and that you do not consider how great a sin it is to be so, and how severely God will punish you for it. You may easily deceive your owners, and make them have an opinion of you that you do not deserve. But remember…

…think; “Hey, the Serbs are really mean. They deserve to be punished. Oh look. NATO is considering a blockade to dry Milosevic of oil. That would be a good way to stop Milosevic and the Serbs. I totally support that idea.” This strategic placement of the two…

…should have been punished (in his future) for things that he has done (in his past). This is intuitively appealing. Would we have rendered the same judgement had the Titanic's fate been the outcome of accident and accident alone? If the owner of the ship…

….--Isaiah 1:4-17. Outstanding among such prophets were Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel, all of whom warned of God's impending punishment of the nation for its idolatrous worship. This punishment came about in 607 B.C.E. when, because of Israel's apostasy, God…

…that was considered as some kind of IRA uniform, it was broken up violently by the prison guards. Sixty guards surrounded the women during lunch one day and beat them, some being taken to holding cells for further "punishment". They were locked in their cells for 24…

…and a time of terrible violence. Dickens describes the two cities at the center of the novel: Paris, a city of extravagance, aristocratic abuses, and other evils that lead to revolution and London, a city rife with crime, capital punishment, and disorder…