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So-called "eye-for-an-eye" retribution is allowed in cases where someone is convicted of causing intentional bodily harm.
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The Texas Control Model, eye-for-an-eye carceral paradigm that pummeled the rehabilitation movement in American prisons has bloody footprints leading all the way back to the plantation.
Sam Slovick: Addicted to Incarceration Sam Slovick 2011
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When Joe Orlando was mugged, he helped rework the Spectre with Michael Fleisher into a vengeful, eye-for-an-eye spirit.
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths — The DVD Review » DVDs Worth Watching 2010
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When Joe Orlando was mugged, he helped rework the Spectre with Michael Fleisher into a vengeful, eye-for-an-eye spirit.
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths — The DVD Review » DVDs Worth Watching 2010
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The victim of his attack has called for the "eye-for-an-eye" punishment.
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The court ruling had allowed Bahrami to have a doctor pour a few drops of the corrosive chemical in one of Movahedi's eyes as retribution based on the Islamic law system of "qisas," or eye-for-an-eye retribution.
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More surprising will be that their main suspect has a history with Frank, and his attack is of the eye-for-an-eye variety.
Mega Buzz: Five-0's New Face, Modern Sexpionage, and a Blue Bloods Shooting 2011
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The Texas Control Model, eye-for-an-eye carceral paradigm that pummeled the rehabilitation movement in American prisons has bloody footprints leading all the way back to the plantation.
Sam Slovick: Addicted to Incarceration Sam Slovick 2011
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Moreover, this eye-for-an-eye approach to shark attacks can have devastating ecological effects.
Dr. Douglas Fields: Alarming Increase in Fatal Shark Attacks World-Wide: Science cuts through the hysteria for answers Dr. Douglas Fields 2011
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The victim of his attack has called for the "eye-for-an-eye" punishment.
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