Whoever wants to measure degrees of guilt, whoever says it wasn't really like that, or not that bad, is trying to defend the indefensible.
In the absence of rules, it falls to each politician to invent guidelines for accepting or returning contributions and to determine degrees of guilt.
A great many criminal cases and most sentencing decisions, after all, don't involve stark questions about innocence; instead, they require us to determine degrees of guilt and consider mitigating factors, like youth or retardation.
Both Jesse and Celine are in the grip of various degrees of guilt and resentment, and most couples with any degree of self-awareness will recognise those two as the constant companions of any intimate relationship.
Because along with the target, there are often unidentified people of varying degrees of "guilt," ranging from "some" to "none" and all somehow defined and approved by unidentified judges in the military, and ultimately given the nod by President Obama, or perhaps his close representatives.
There were neighbors who went to high school with him or his son, kids who became mine bosses or safety officials, Massey executives or their in-laws, people who knew the blessings and curses of the business because they were part of it, too, people who felt empathy but also degrees of guilt, and who lined up for three blocks for Gary Wayne's funeral.
"The court will establish the degree of guilt; I leave that to your consideration," he said.
Exceptional men have exceptional habits.' " It is of course made evident that the degree of guilt Jacqueline faces serves only to make her suffering worse.
A common method for determining degree of guilt involved counting the number of cell phones an individual had on his person.
Hughes feels sorrow, loss and regret over Plath's suicide, although not, so far as I could tell, any high degree of guilt.
Healthy self-forgiveness therefore seems to involve releasing destructive feelings of shame and self-condemnation while still experiencing some degree of guilt and remorse.
