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 Allah decreed that punishment befall the warring crusaders from where they had not expected.
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.
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.
The stipendiary system was supported by a legal system that decreed draconian punishments for crimes that would be considered petty by contemporary standards; capital punishment and serious mutilation were prescribed for almost every conceivable offense.
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.
Traditional punishment decreed that the offender's house should be burned down, his crops uprooted, and he should be exiled from the territory.
First, a decree ordered punishment for anyone attempting to generate disputes, and for those concealing conspiracies against the Junta or other people.
