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…was seized by the Tartars; punish them for me. Though you wear the nails of you five fingers down to the quick, avenge them for me. Though you will wear all ten fingers down till you have no fingers left, avenge them!” The warriors were able to escape…

…authority, involving command of the army, law interpretation and execution, and the right to inflict capital punishment. The praetors were elected by assembly and served for a fixed term of one year. Men seeking election as praetor or consul wore a robe…

…refutes Nietzsche's superior man thesis by pointing out the impossibility of solitary existence and the bourgeois morality that enslaves all men. From the opening of Crime and Punishment Raskolnikov's slavish demeanor is evident. The cause is highlighted…

…on a woman who chose to have an abortion at any stage of her pregnancy. Under United States law, murder is illegal and the consequences for any such action would be imprisonment or, in some states, capital punishment. This is so because human have the rights…

…Should we be punished for the mistakes of our ancestors? In recent times, Affirmative Action has implemented policies of reverse discrimination to help oppressed minorities gain an advantage over majority groups in college admissions and in employment…

…the rage of the jury, and have them decide on capital punishment. The final cliché is Socrates’ explanation of death. Socrates says that death is not to be feared, and only fools fear death. Obviously the jury consists of mortal men, each one afraid of death…

…in alcohol abuse, the role of capital punishment, civil unrest, the availability of guns, and exposure to television"(Lamson 32). Each of these purported causes was tested in a variety of ways to see whether it could be eliminated as a credible contributor…

…into their own hands, mobs of white-robed, white-hooded men punished immorality and terrorized un-American elements" (88). The Klan erupted as a secret organization employing its secrecy to mislead the public and inquiring newspapers. Therefore, they were…

…adherents exercised great political power, "often taking the law into their own hands, mobs of white-robed, white-hooded men punished immorality and terrorized un-American elements" (88). The Klan erupted as a secret organization employing…

…to the gods, and the large ball game that they played that sometimes went on for days without a stop. The Aztecs lived primarily in a fertile volcanic valley of Mexico where they built their capital city named Tenochtitlan. The land in which they lived…