He had pleaded guilty to the heinous crime of saving and replanting seeds—in this case, soya beans.
It is claimed that they are all heinous crimes, carrying the same moral culpability and therefore requiring the same mandatory sentence—life imprisonment.
That seems to me just as heinous a case as the woman in the family circle that we are discussing this afternoon.
I believe it is the most devious and heinous threat that faces the world and especially the world economies.
All morning, we have been told about individuals who have committed the most ghastly and heinous acts and are a threat to society.
It might be just for so heinous a crime, it might be justice, but would it be merciful?
I respectfully agree with him that this is not a particularly heinous example.
He had been found guilty of what was regarded as terribly heinous offences involving sedition and a degree of obscenity.