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  • Maiming me for life would be worse than killing me.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

  • Watched The Time-Traveler's Wife last night instead of either the "A: 72 Virgins Q: What is a LOST Viewing Party" or the Maiming-in-defence-of-Country finales.

    Losing their religion 2010

  • Maiming me for life would be worse than killing me.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

  • Maiming me for life would be worse than killing me.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

  • Maiming an able bodied athlete is a lot easier than prescribing performance enhancing drugs.

    365 tomorrows » 2010 » March : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010

  • Maiming is the intentional infliction of serious physical injury.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Motion to Dismiss Denied in Padilla v. Yoo: 2009

  • Maiming and physical abuse are legal in Somalia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Sudan, and other countries that practice sharia; the hands of thieves are lopped off, and women convicted of adultery may be stoned to death.

    The Dark Art of Interrogation 2003

  • Maiming and physical abuse are legal in Somalia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Sudan, and other countries that practice sharia; the hands of thieves are lopped off, and women convicted of adultery may be stoned to death.

    The Dark Art of Interrogation 2003

  • The irony of the charge is that the “Maiming by Mob” law had been put on the Virginia books to help protect blacks from lynching by whites.

    Allen Iverson JOHN N. SMALLWOOD JR. 2001

  • The irony of the charge is that the “Maiming by Mob” law had been put on the Virginia books to help protect blacks from lynching by whites.

    Allen Iverson JOHN N. SMALLWOOD JR. 2001

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