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• Mrs. Kristiansson, too, had heard that conditions in Italian penal units were extremely harsh and brutal. —  CATCH ME IF YOU CAN - FRANK ABAGNALE JR.
• Southern polititians, Republican or otherwise, should have (long ago) been impeached for being traitors to the cause of AMERICANISM, and deported to a penal island, such as what Great Britain did in the 1700's to colonize Austrailia. —  Propeller Most Popular Stories
• The writer seemed anxious to stress, however, that in his view it would have been wrong to insert the word penal back into the statement in its most recent revision as that would have been seen as targeting an individual. —  adrianwarnock.com
• Courts of first instance are located in provincial capitals and are divided into civil, penal, and special chambers.
• The colony was originally penal, and could claim neither compensation nor relief. —  The History of Tasmania, Volume I

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