heinousness

Example Sentences

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Michael Appleton masterminded Lincoln City’s win over Sunderland in the League One play-off semi-final and should be barracked in the street for that act of heinousness.

From The Guardian • May 29, 2021

Moore’s lawyers argued in front of the state Supreme Court this month that Moore’s crime simply doesn’t rise to the level of heinousness in other death penalty cases.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2021

In 2008, the California Supreme Court ruled that neither the governor nor the parole board could use a crime’s heinousness as the sole justification for denying parole to someone serving a life sentence.

From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2020

Despite the heinousness of the crime in question, there are pretty serious ethical questions forced procedures, even temporary ones.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2019

Since Mary Anne never went anywhere, the punishment did not seem to compensate for the heinousness of the crime.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy