Many consider their actions to be criminal, but the MK deemed the means justified by the end goal.

General Ayub Khan justified his actions after appearing on national radio declaring that: " the armed forces and the people demanded a clean break with the past ...".

Lescot commonly said that Haiti's declared state-of-war against the Axis powers during World War II justified his repressive actions.

These actions were “ justified by a dominant belief among British colonial officials that land occupied by Native people was not being used efficiently and productively .”

The believers thus justified pursuit of profit with religion, as instead of being fuelled by morally suspect greed or ambition, their actions were motivated by a highly moral and respected philosophy.

In the early books, Templar refers to this as murder, although he considers his actions justified and righteous, a view usually shared by partners and colleagues.

James Wheelock justified the actions of the Directorate by saying "... We are annulling the license of the false prophets and the oligarchs to attack the revolution.

Many things can be justified: beliefs, actions, emotions, claims, laws, theories and so on.

These movements may consider the actions of political prisoners morally justified against some system of governance, may claim innocence, or have varying understandings of what types of violence are morally and ethically justified.

In an attempt to explain his actions, Waterhouse argued that the capture of a few small Spanish vessels would not have justified the loss of his men.

Both consider that Bligh was wholly justified in his actions because he was the legitimate authority.

Surprisingly from a modern perspective, little was made of the war crime status of her actions ; as discussed below, the German authorities instead justified prosecution merely on the basis of the German law and the interests of the German state.

Anti-Falun Gong propaganda activities dominated the Chinese media during that time as the government justified its actions, arguing that Falun Gong practices were dangerous and damaged people's physical and mental health.

He justified his actions as having removed alien and divisive political practices incompatible with the Swazi way of life.

A number of tall tales were spun by both sides afterwards in an attempt to make their actions appear morally justified.

The party has never condemned any attack by ETA and its leaders have referred sometimes to the ETA members as ' Basque soldiers ', and justified their actions: " ETA does not use the armed struggle as a mean to defend this or that political project but to give < nowiki > Basque Country </ nowiki > democratic channels that enable the popular will to be expressed in full freedom.

From the Boer point of view, the Enlightenment invaded their shores, seized their properties, annexed their farms, imposed alien laws, liberated their slaves without compensation, justified these actions by appeal to Reason alone, and claimed in all of this to be more virtuous than their God.

Military actions are sometimes argued to be justified by furthering a humanitarian cause such as disaster relief operations or in defence of refugees.

Protest marches, some violent, ensued ; most African Americans believed that Pannell had been killed in cold blood, while other residents insisted that Spath had been justified in his actions.

After an investigation it was concluded that Airman Brown was justified in his actions, saving countless lives, and was awarded the Airman's Medal by President Clinton.

While she acknowledges tactical mistakes and misconceptions, Hansen maintains that her actions were justified, and that capitalism should be challenged through direct action and other forms of protest.

The Changelings justified their actions by the need to protect their species against persecution by Solids, and also spoke of a duty and inclination to " impose order on a chaotic universe.

NATO had justified the actions in Kosovo under Article 4 of its charter, which allows involved parties to consult together whenever political independence or security of any of the parties is threatened.

Before being escorted from the palace, he was visited by his sister Prokopia, brother-in-law Michael, and the Patriarch, all of whom justified their actions by the fact of his severe injuries, while Staurakios reproached them bitterly, in particular the Patriarch.

The mens rea for assault is simply " evil intent ", although this has been held to mean no more than that assault " cannot be committed accidentally or recklessly or negligently " as upheld in Lord Advocate's Reference No 2 of 1992 where it was found that a " hold-up " in a shop justified as a joke would still constitute an offence.

Lastly, it has been suggested that natural evils are a mechanism of divine punishment for evils that humans have committed, and so the evil is justified ( see also Karma, just-world phenomenon, and original sin.

The Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913 was still ready to endorse a version of this view, describing the massacres as " an entirely political act committed in the name of the immoral principles of Machiavellianism " and blaming " the pagan theories of a certain raison d ' état according to which the end justified the means ".

For retributionists, punishment is backward-looking, justified by the crime that has been committed and carried out to atone for the damage already done.

Reformed Christians hold that every person justified by faith in the Gospel committed to the Apostles is a member of " One, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church ".

A similar crime committed in 2011 as an adult would have justified a sentence with a starting point of 30 years for the minimum term.

This attack was justified by the existence of an Ustashi camp in Španovica, whose members mainly came from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and had committed a number of exactions against the local Serb population.

Dolcino justified the acts committed by the Dulcinians by affirming their perfection and holiness based on Saint Paul's Epistle to Titus ( 1, 15 ): To the pure all things are pure, but to the corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure ; their very minds and consciences are corrupted.

* Colorado "... any occupant of a dwelling is justified in using any degree of physical force, including deadly physical force, against another person when that other person has made an unlawful entry into the dwelling, and when the occupant has a reasonable belief that such other person has committed a crime in the dwelling in addition to the uninvited entry, or is committing or intends to commit a crime against a person or property in addition to the uninvited entry, and when the occupant reasonably believes that such other person might use any physical force, no matter how slight, against any occupant.

On 10 December 2004, during the Mass of the Dead for the Country, Baseotto justified the violations of human rights committed during the so-called Dirty War: " It was a war, and in a war it is impossible to avoid excesses ".

Although the most heinous crimes committed by Jean-Baptiste Carrier are his direction of the mass drownings at Nantes, he also was responsible for the executions by firing squads of 1, 800 to 2, 600 victims at a quarry in Gigant, near Nantes, and collaborated on other criminal and repressive acts that he justified by the Law of Suspects.

The native princes of that province disputed the king's right to dispose of the territory on the grounds that they had not resisted king Henry, or committed any act that would have justified the forfeiture of their lands.

John Adams asserted in the Continental Congress' Declaration of Rights that the demands of the colonies were in accordance with their charters, the British Constitution and the common law, and Jefferson appealed in the Declaration of Independence `` to the tribunal of the world '' for support of a revolution justified by `` the laws of nature and of nature's God ''.

Since the hazards of poor communication are so great, p can be justified as a habitable site only on the basis of unusual productivity such as is made available by a waterfall for milling purposes, a mine, or a sugar maple camp.

Wright set his loss at $200,000, a figure perhaps justified by the unique character of the house that had been ruined, and the faultless taste that had gone into the selection of the prints and other things that were destroyed.

Years were to pass before these plans came off the paper, and Wright was justified in thinking, as the projects failed, that much of what he had to show his country and the world would never be seen except by visitors to Taliesin.

Whether the Fathers, who died before Christ was born of the Virgin Mary, were justified and saved only by the blood which he shed, and the death which he suffered after his incarnation??

In any event, the yearly sacrifice of 40,000 victims is a hecatomb too large to be justified by the most ardent faith.

Because of its importance, and because the lack of price competition is well recognized, the industry is under considerable public pressure not to raise its price any more than could be justified by cost increases.

The threat of effective anti-trust action, provoked by `` gouging the public '' through price increases not justified by cost increases, and fears of endangering relations with customers, Congress, the general public and the press, all operate to keep price increases in some relation to cost increases.

For such an industry, it is only `` safe '' to raise its price if such an increase is manifestly `` justified '' by rising costs ( due to rising wages, etc. ).

Such an interpretation could not be justified by a construction of the statute alone ; ;

`` It is a duty '', said Hough, `` not to let pass this opportunity of protesting against the methods of taking and printing testimony in Equity, current in this circuit ( and probably others ), excused if not justified by the rules of the Supreme Court, especially to be found in patent causes, and flagrantly exemplified in this litigation.

In any case, anyone who fails to make significant distinction between primary and secondary applications of economic pressure would in principle already have justified that use of economic boycott as a means which broke out a few years ago or was skillfully organized by White Citizens' Councils in the entire state of Mississippi against every local Philco dealer in that state, in protest against a Philco-sponsored program over a national TV network on which was presented a drama showing, it seemed, a `` high yellow gal '' smooching with a white man.

The recent publicity attending the successful federal prosecution of a conspiracy indictment against a number of electrical manufacturers has evoked a new respect for the anti-trust laws that is justified neither by their rationale nor by the results they have obtained.

" Stephen Ashby clarifies: " Arminius allowed for only two possible ways in which the sinner might be justified: ( 1 ) by our absolute and perfect adherence to the law, or ( 2 ) purely by God's imputation of Christ's righteousness.

", thus explaining Aegisthus ' action as justified by his father's curse ).

Alexander Jagellon never felt at home in Poland, and bestowed his favor principally upon his fellow Lithuanians, the most notable of whom was the wealthy Lithuanian magnate Michael Glinski, who justified his master's confidence by his great victory over the Tatars at Kleck ( 5 August 1506 ), news of which was brought to Alexander on his deathbed in Vilnius.

This classification was justified by the lack of knowledge about the chemical structure of alkaloids and is now considered obsolete.

Some critics have also analyzed the use of alleged front organizations and conflicted patient " advocacy " groups funded by pharmaceutical companies that seek to set the mental health agenda, including the use of the law to force people to take antipsychotics against their will, often justified by claims about risk of violence.

The blustering Bullmoose, who seemed to own and control nearly everything, justified his far-reaching and mercenary excesses by saying " What's good for General Bullmoose is good for everybody!

This is not a rejection of existence by Gilson, a leading modern metaphysician in the classical tradition: " philosophers are wholly justified in taking existence for granted ... and in never mentioning it again ...." In Gilson's view, the participial being is a given, a primitive of experience, not subject to proof or investigation, as it is the grounds of proof.