And, would logic tell us that publicizing a beheading is a bonus for the perpetrator?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waldo Jaquith - Virgil Goode: “Bigot.”] Reference

For example, suppose a state finds that beheading is less cruel than lethal injection.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause and Life Without Parole for Under-18 (Nonhomicide) Offenders] Reference

A beheading is repositioned as an independent act of evil rather than retribution for our own moral collapse.    From Wordnik.com.  [An American With No Sense Of History] Reference

She called the beheading 'senseless', adding: 'He was abducted with a woman in her 70s - what on earth is the point of that?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

All you need for a beheading is a bit of courage and a sharp knife.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Bush: Iraq war is “sapping our soul.”] Reference

There are mortals whose souls are so debased that a beheading is the only justice.    From Wordnik.com.  [your money and mine] Reference

As one source put it, all you need for a beheading is a bit of courage and a sharp knife.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 5, 2007] Reference

This call coincides perfectly with the idea of beheading, making sense that it is like a ritual sacrifice against evil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jihad Watch] Reference

Yet, of course, it’s hard to argue that beheading is necessarily more cruel than, say, a firing squad based on any objective standard.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause and Life Without Parole for Under-18 (Nonhomicide) Offenders] Reference

Normally, I wouldn't say anything but a beheading is a pretty gruesome thing and might make for a more interesting illustration in that sense.    From Wordnik.com.  [Europe Connection] Reference

HOWARD DEAN: The speaker of the parliament in Iraq said that the bombings and the beheading were the responsibility of quote, Jews and the sons of Jews.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 29, 2006] Reference

External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Monday termed the beheading of two Sikhs by the.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to SC quashes expulsion of Amarinder Singh from Punjab Assembly] Reference

"The term 'beheading' has a quasi-medieval undertone that we're trying to get away from," he explained.    From Wordnik.com.  [War By Any Other Name] Reference

For some crimes, horrific, barbaric punishments are prescribed, such as beheading and the chopping off of opposite limbs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Geert Wilders Speech from Copenhagen, June 14th, 2009] Reference

The smaller gangs are younger, more violent and borrow tactics from Iraq such as beheading victims and making public statements, he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hanna Ingber Win: Anderson Cooper To Report Live From US-Mexico Border] Reference

New Delhi/London/Peshawar, February 23 (ANI): External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Monday termed the beheading of two Sikhs by the Taliban in Pakistan as barbaric.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to SC quashes expulsion of Amarinder Singh from Punjab Assembly] Reference

I think that the fact that it was a beheading is the reason why we’re hearing so much about it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Buffalo Killing Puts Spotlight on Domestic Abuse - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

Some say the beheading took five minutes, others 15.    From Wordnik.com.  [Simon Says, 'Out!'] Reference

(Dana Milbank wrote about Brewer's beheading claim in July.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer flounders at start and end of debate] Reference

Our guide explained that criminals were tried, convicted, and sentenced to death by beheading.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Meeting With A Medicine Man] Reference

So how possibly can a call for a beheading of someone without a criminal trial ever be legitimate?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sumbul Ali-Karamali: Muslim Cleric Loses His Head] Reference

Subsequent accounts of what was in the government summary indicated that the talk of beheading may have been bravado.    From Wordnik.com.  [Web of Terror] Reference

He decided to enlist after watching the beheading of Nicholas Berg, an American businessman who had been kidnapped in Iraq.    From Wordnik.com.  ['With the Heaviest of Hearts'] Reference

While on assignment in Pakistan in 2002, his son was abducted by Islamic extremists, who later videotaped his brutal beheading.    From Wordnik.com.  [MIDEAST RELATIONS: After His Son's Death, A New Life's Work] Reference

I'm disgusted every time I see a headline like the one I saw on Sep. 5: "Muslim cleric calls for beheading of Dutch politician.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Sumbul Ali-Karamali: Muslim Cleric Loses His Head] Reference

A witch-hunt against suspected spies has resulted in the deaths of at least a dozen people in North Waziristan, many of them by beheading.    From Wordnik.com.  [Predators on the Hunt in Pakistan] Reference

One of the biggest Islamist hits on the Web is still the horrific video of Zarqawi personally beheading American contractor Nicholas Berg.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fighting Zarqawi's Legacy] Reference