Word: meted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...detest violence of any kind, would deem it an honor to be in the firing squad to mete out their just due to the murdering cowards of the C Company of the 11th Infantry Brigade. My only regret would be that I would not have the advantage of the element of surprise that these merciless killers had in the slaughter of the innocent people...
...middle of the summer the Freund Committee had finished its work, and the Joint Committee was established to mete out punishment for those members of the Faculty who the Freund Committee indicated were guilty...
...concerted government drive led by the late Ramon Magsaysay, then Defense Secretary, whittled that number down drastically, but did not succeed in stamping out the insurgents. To thousands of peasants, the Huks, an odd farrago of idealistic reformers, nationalists, Communists and mere bandits, are still Robin Hoods who mete out swift and bloody justice to cattle thieves and heavy-handed officials. To the government, they are dangerously politicized criminals who must be eradicated...
...surprising 75% of the trials, judge and jury actually agreed on the verdict. In the other 25%, partly because defendants chose jury trials in hopes of better deals, the jury disagreed massively in the direction of leniency. Judges, in fact, mete out death sentences considerably more often than juries. To those who demand ever stiffer jail sentences, the authors point out that wherever the law permits harshness, juries are most reluctant to return guilty verdicts...
Elsewhere, 700 U.S. commissioners issue warrants, set bail; and determine whether there is probable cause to hold an accused person pending grand-jury action. Most of them can try petty cases and mete out sentences up to six months. Yet 30% of the commissioners are not lawyers; all are paid only by fees (annual maximum: $10,500) that impoverish the able, particularly among fulltime commissioners, and tempt the greedy to issue shaky warrants. The system is now under fire in Congress...