Although American courts martial from their inception have had the power to decree capital punishment, they have not long had the authority to try and to sentence members of the armed forces for capital murder committed in the United States in peacetime.
First, a decree ordered punishment for anyone attempting to generate disputes, and for those concealing conspiracies against the Junta or other people.
But Allah decreed that punishment befall the warring crusaders from where they had not expected.
We had the firm belief that the justice system had decreed what punishment Lee should serve and he served that.
Though, in the words of the Turkish author and philosopher Mustafa Akyol, there is nothing in the Quran that decrees earthly punishment for blasphemy or for apostasy.
He quotes a 16th Century Pontiff who decreed the punishment for pedophilia to be death, and a 1917 bill about the instant excommunication of sex-abusing priests.
PAGE A4 CENSORING CHINA'S BLOGGERS The Chinese microblogging service Sina Weibo decreed new punishments for users who post comments that its editors -- and by extension, China's government censors -- deem inappropriate.
BEIJING — One of China's largest hosts of Twitter-like microblogs decreed new punishments on Monday for users who post comments that its editors — and by extension, China's government censors — deem inappropriate.
During his term, thousands of Nigerians have been killed in communal violence, while several northern states have imposed Islamic law, decreeing harsh punishments like stoning women for sex outside marriage.
But at the same time, the central government issued a decree threatening dire punishment for officials who turned a blind eye to the illegal conversion of agricultural land to residential use.
While a ministerial decree on corporal punishment has been issued in 2009, there is still a gap in the national legislation on sanctioning sexual and gender-based violence in schools.
