Sentences with phrase «public flogging»

"Public flogging" refers to the act of physically punishing someone in front of a large group of people. It can involve whipping or beating the person as a form of humiliation or as a way to enforce discipline or punishment for a crime. Full definition
Halloran, of Queens, a «prince» in a pagan order that includes public floggings, was sentenced in March to 10 years.
Well, thankfully we don't have any of that any more, but a psychological public flogging is perhaps the contemporary equivalent.
To ease emotional pressure, because Prozac supplies are going to be in high demand, I might schedule a few public floggings.
Halloran is a prince in a pagan order that endorses public flogging.
But the 2008 launch of the iphone, and Steve Jobs» public flogging of the Flash technology, killed that market, and forced bnotion to look for new markets.
The US Probation Department had recommended 6 1/2 to 8 years of prison for Halloran, who tried to claim insanity as a defense at trial and is a «prince» in a pagan order that includes public floggings.
The Islamists dealt harshly with adulterers during their brutal 1996 - 2001 rule in Afghanistan, dishing out public floggings for offenders.
And Wells Fargo, given the public flogging it has been subject to, may have to try extra hard to compete for new cash.
At three key junctures in Jesus» ordeal he and his mother come face - to - face: at the Sanhedrin trial, at the public flogging and after Jesus falls on the road to Golgotha.
And whoever handed over the brown envelope stuffed with readies to get Coutinho on the PFA shortlist needs a public flogging.
His is the major and public failure, again, but it took a bunch of effort from quite a few idiots to set him up for a public flogging like that.
The obvious players; Kalidou Koulibaly, Mustafi, and Kostas Manolas, are all over priced and represented by agents known for their public flogging of their players.
Sarkar wrote: «Free use was made of public flogging, as well as of refined methods of torture like inserting a ruler inside the rectum.»
He added that the two church members are in his care, and the public flogging was his way of preventing them from going wayward.
The board is considering some changes after receiving its public flogging from the Moreland Commission earlier this week.
As the NYC Council's public flogging of the Bloomberg administration for its poor response to the Christmas weekend blizzard continues, the mayor's office has released the results of its preliminary review of its performance that found problems in six key areas:
It feels like a public flogging some days but I assure you, it is not sloth, we are just toiling away with our heads down, eyes on the prize only a short few days away.
Crime is dealt the way it used to be when time began — public flogging and shaming.
Aside from the considerable enjoyment that comes from another public flogging, what value does this post have to the study of the role of federal trial judges?
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