Sentences with phrase «to mete out justice»

And it is clear that the penal system does not always get it right when meting out justice.

But most of all it is a tale of betrayals of basic sanity on many levels of the judicial system that is entrusted with meting out justice in legal disputes.»

Nonetheless, it is clear that they spoke from faith in a transcendent God who meted out justice and cared deeply for the poor and outcast, whether in Vietnam or in America.

Capra has been criticized for not meting out justice upon Potter.

But if, at the pearly gates, I see Jacques Cousteau, seated just to the right of Saint Peter, helping that apostle mete out justice, I won't be taken aback.

Disputes over intellectual property walk a fine line between meting out justice and delving headfirst into a ridiculous bramble of legalese.

The courts are going through the motions of meting out justice without actually doing justice.

Or, a new client comes in feeling victimized by his or her spouse and wants a judge (a father figure in the eyes of many clients) to mete out justice by punishing the other spouse or validating that, in fact, he or she has been victimized and needs to be vindicated.

In celebrating Fathers» Day recently, we should be mindful that in our very midst are fathers, mothers and their children who are suffering as a result of the family court being so primeval that although it espouses the view that the «children's interest is paramount», it is behaving the other way when meting out justice.

Not only is the judiciary expected to mete out justice in an expeditious, fair, and impartial manner, but they are also required to do so with a speedily growing docket and fewer and fewer resources from the government.

But a more charitable interpretation is that they were cheering what they considered to be Perry's willingness — unlike most other governors — to mete out justice.

Since the time of the judges, the rulers of Israel had sat at the gates of the cities, hearing the people, settling their disputes with and claims against one another, and meting out justice.

And there has to be a way for God to mete out justice.

«Mete out justice?»

Atchley's team asked volunteers to read hypothetical car - crash scenarios, rate the responsibility of the drivers and mete out justice.

She goes from merely complaining about social justice to becoming a real warrior who, along with her second banana, Tony, metes out justice to those who have ruined the world for people like her (and «us»).

, explaining to her that it's his job, not hers, to mete out justice.

Well, in a discussion with 24 Frames, Russell tipped his hand a bit in saying he's interested in «a family that's a force to be reckoned with in the world of international art and antiquities... that deals with heads of state and heads of museums and metes out justice....

Occasionally, movies like Shaft Goes to Africa, where Richard Roundtree wears an African dashiki and is equipped with a large unassuming staff that's a piece of advanced tech, and Dolemite (that broad hat, that flashy suit pimp - style outfit) had their protagonists don something like costumes and adopt something close to alter - egos to mete out justice.

«This idea really that turns me on is that there's a family that's a force to be reckoned with in the world of international art and antiquities... [a family] that deals with heads of state and heads of museums and metes out justice, -LSB-...] We'll have the family dynamic, which we've done in a couple of movies now... And then you take that and put it on the bigger, more muscular stage of an international action picture, but also put all the character stuff in it.

Marcus insists that Hit - Girl give up her secret identity, while she harbors a desire to mete out justice to the villains of the world.

A tough - as - nails hero who's a dead shot, dedicated patriot, and devoted to meting out justice both formally and on an ad hoc basis.

After fortifying themselves with tea and little cakes, they study the evidence, track down the thieves, and mete out justice — tempered with mercy.

Yes, he wrote clever judgments, and sometimes he meted out justice, but just as often he inflicted injustice and did so because he valued his own wit above a sensitivity to the law and the interests of the parties he was actually hearing.

Remember, court is also the place where people search for the truth in order to mete out justice.

«It is difficult to mete out justice when there are two people not providing an orderly presentation, but trying to get their barbs in.

Separating the justice and welfare aspects of crime into two ministries is better at both meting out justice and promoting welfare.

While counsel may feel an inherent right to access the judiciary as and when we feel it is necessary, we can be certain the courts are far more taxed than us as a result of increased litigation and fewer and fewer resources to mete out justice.