Although the regime's capacity to commit large-scale massacres has shrunk, Gaddafi's defeat will come at a high cost in terms of human life.
In a narrow, careful reading of English statutes, Lord Bingham concluded that General Pinochet enjoys criminal immunity for all actions carried out in his role as head of state even the ordering of others to commit large-scale murder, torture and hostage-taking.
"At best this commission was set up as a pretext to validate Donald Trump's alternative election facts, and at worst is a tool to commit large-scale voter suppression," McAuliffe said.
Since many of them may have committed large-scale atrocities, this has drawn mounting criticism in Colombia and beyond.
Whitley's statement galvanized lawmakers — nearly all Republicans — who claim that tens of thousands of noncitizens are committing large-scale voter fraud.
Mr. Zimmer refused to concede the race in the 12th District, saying he would ask for a recount and continue pursuing his allegation that the Democrats had committed large-scale voter fraud.
If that happens, it will continue a pattern in which white-collar defendants convicted of committing large-scale fraud have received long prison terms, far longer than what has been meted out in the past.
PARIS — Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb wartime leader, on Tuesday denied charges that his troops had committed large-scale atrocities during the Bosnian war, brushing aside the accusations as "myths" fabricated by his enemies.
An expert panel set up by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon whose findings have been rejected by Sri Lanka has said that the army committed large-scale abuses and that as many as 40,000 civilians were killed in the last months of the conflict in 2009.
Even more chillingly relevant is Arendt's controversial phrase, "the banality of evil," with which she characterized the actions of the Nazi "desk murderers" like Eichmann, who committed large-scale crimes against humanity.
Most movements that commit large-scale massacres typically keep their blood-soaked deeds secretive.
