21.   Greenman began that effort Monday by attacking what he said was the picture prosecution witnesses had tried to paint of the man charged with a heinous crime.

22.   He committed heinous crimes.

23.   He had considered himself a hard-bitten defense attorney who was familiar with the gruesome photos and testimony of heinous crimes, and the reactions of grieving family members.

24.   His trial is a triumph for the civilized world, which has created a court capable of condemning the most heinous crimes with appropriate gravity and fairness.

25.   However, he is charged with the rape of one boy, a heinous crime that in the annals of Massachusetts jurisprudence has never prompted so high a bail.

26.   I spoke at a conference in Hiroshima commemorating the anniversary, begging forgiveness for any part I might have played in what I now consider a heinous crime.

27.   In general the commission has signaled its intention to forgive rather than punish the most heinous crimes of apartheid.

28.   In the eyes of his compatriots, no more heinous crime is conceivable.