Sentences with phrase «most heinous»

According to Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's Chief Operating Officer, sex trafficking — particularly of young girls and boys is one of the most heinous acts that takes place anywhere in the world.

The death penalty evokes a passionate response from almost every American — both from those who believe it is a moral and appropriate punishment for the most heinous of murders, and those who ardently oppose it as inhumane or irreparably flawed.

He might not have been thinking of big brother and the surveillance state, but his point rings true today: the most innocuous act can seem like the most heinous crime to the wrong person.

Justice Rosenberg was thus faced with the unpalatable fact that even the most heinous of those amongst us are entitled to access the justice system.

To be sure, holding the line at murder and treason gives the judiciary a bright line that blurs once one says a legislature may include other offenses in its catalogue of what it deems the most heinous of all crimes.

The official said the death penalty isn't only a deterrent, but also a «punishment for the most heinous crimes prohibited under federal law.»

[The case] involves a criminal defense attorney (strike 1) who is outspoken about the need to zealously defend individuals accused of the most heinous crimes (strike 2) charged with helping a convicted terrorist plan further terrorist attacks (strike 3) in an atmosphere where the prosecution was continually allowed to discuss bin Laden despite his irrelevance to the case (strike 4).

The most esteemed lawyers are those who represent the clients who are charged with the most heinous crimes.

«There is a spectrum of conduct that would constitute the offence in this case, from the most heinous like the intentional and predatory victimization of vulnerable individuals, to a situation where an 18 - year - old is convicted for arranging a sexual encounter through Craigslist with a 17 - year - old,» she says.

Right now a bill sits on Governor Brown's desk that eliminates mandatory penalties for criminals who use a gun in the most heinous types of crimes, including rape, mayhem, and murder.

By the way, perhaps you could point out what I wrote that classifies me as a denialist, which is surely the most heinous thing a person can be?

«For too long, animals on factory farms have had no federal protection from even the most heinous abuse.»

The resultant moral authority, particularly when an individual who subscribes to the ideology is in power, makes even the most heinous actions justifiable.

This is possibly the most heinous aspect of the Senate climate bill.

As some here know, I and others have let it fly in blog magazines (google 14 most heinous climate villains), which reached a large youth and alternative press audience.

Most heinous is that you can't pause the game.

At its most basic level, Intercept corrects Shadow Fall's most heinous wrong.

Crash was passed onto different developers and later declared missing in action, Spyro was absorbed into the greater Skylanders franchise and the most heinous crime of all, that legendary bear and bird duo was stripped of their flight pads and talon trots and sent off to build vehicles instead.

We've discussed a number of villains here at the CC — Ganondorf, King Dedede, and perhaps most heinous of all, Waluigi.

Take your spacecraft into orbit, use your sublime pilot skills and devastating weapons, and save each planet from destruction most heinous.

Set after the events of Batman: Arkham Origins, Blackgate sets its sights upon Gotham's titular prison, wherein many of its most heinous and crazed criminals are kept.

This was one of the most heinous.

The AKC would go broke if it lost any degree of puppy mill registrations, and they support the most heinous abuse imaginable to keep that money flow coming in to pay for those expensive dogs shows.

Please read the United States Department of Agriculture http://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/33002-4-SF.pdf where the Inspector General found that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service had failed miserably in its attempts to regulate dog breeders, especially in Oklahoma where the most heinous of abuses occurred.

We all know to bore the reader is the most heinous crime an author can commit.

It's not the most heinous use of space, but since Tablet 2's current options for storage are 64 GB only, every bit of storage space is precious.

The US government conducting secret testing on the most heinous and intriguing of all subjects — Satan himself...

If you are the disgraced journalist Jonno, you do whatever it takes to investigate what may become the most heinous crime story in memory.

This most heinous of crimes has been lost among the tales of drug and alcohol abuse at the hands of herself and her mother, the way she allows herself to be sexually used and abused.

There's profit to be made sneaking criminals into Rockton, and in a place where everyone conceals his or her true identity, it's easy to hide even the most heinous offenders....

Judas, cursed for his sins, is the spirit of Death — he is without form, and has enslaved young Eve to carry out the most heinous of acts.

Kershaw continues from the first installment of his magisterial biography, Hitler, 1889 - 1936: Hubris (1999), with an analysis of how and why Hitler was able to ignite a world war, commit the most heinous crime in history, and throw his country into the abyss of total destruction.

The soldier had committed the most heinous and cowardly murders in the history of Cumberland County, North Carolina.

There, in this naked confession, Mingarelli offers a key that opens the lock on how one human being, responding to orders from an authority he has no control over, can carry out the most heinous acts.

Info on the novel's plot is as vague as it gets («the story of the world's most heinous serial killer, and the one man who can stop him» — heard that one before?)

The most heinous offender is the volume slider, which is supposed to be tapped and swiped to make changes, but proved difficult to adjust accurately.

Governor Abbott called the shooting «one of the most heinous attacks that we've ever seen in the history of Texas schools».

A 2011 amendment makes it a criminal offense to disclose who donates SSO money, how much they donate, or which schools receive these donations, making any knowledge about where the money goes so shrouded in mystery that the Society of Professional Journalists awarded HB 1133 the Black Hole Award, for «the most heinous violations of the public's right to know.»

Abbott called Friday's shooting «one of the most heinous attacks that we've ever seen in the history of Texas schools.»

Today it is clear that it is so - called capitalist democracy that has ominously spawned a complacent populace (outspoken, yes, but never the less complacent), complacent enough to purge the collective psyche and keep it at bay long enough to enable us to commit the most heinous of crimes.

The voice comes from a man who was abused as a child in the most heinous ways by a priest of the church.

Joan's own struggle is one of learning to forgive the most heinous of crimes, discovering that only in selflessness can there be peace.

This super-raunchy kill just goes to show that even the most minor of characters can sometimes suffer the most heinous deaths.

9) «Hannah Arendt» A woman's movie, a historical record, and a look at the most heinous crime of the last century, the Holocaust, as encapsulated in the trial of Adolf Eichmann.

Yet, there's something about Cochrane, a weight and majesty to his performance that's truly affecting, so many of Whitey Bulger's most heinous acts viewed through his hollowing eyes as he unhappily takes it all in.

It's a pyramid, and at the top is rape and sexual violence and at the bottom are the other abuses of power that, when they continue to happen over and over, build and build and build and create a culture that allows the most heinous examples of sexual violence and misogyny and discrimination to happen.

While I do think, from a story standpoint, it's a shame that Garrigan wasn't limited to being a mere witness to the events of the Amin era, as he was portrayed more in the book, instead of a constant catalyst for Amin's rage, considering he is a fictional character, we'll just chalk up his constant missteps as dramatic license taken by the screenwriters in drawing out Amin to commit some of the most heinous acts of torture shown in film this side of a Mel Gibson directorial effort.

However, underneath the rivalry between two criminal masterminds for who can commit the most heinous deeds, a separate story emerges about a boy who was denied the love of his mother (Andrews, Enchanted), and orphans who desperately crave a father figure in their lives.

Rockwell may have had the more difficult job of all the main players as he begins the story in the most heinous position.

One thing you can usually rely on from even the actor's most heinous movies is at least some effort on his part, but he's pretty much just sleepwalking through this one, and it's hard to blame him either.