But he thought the state must be held to standards of decency in fighting crime.

"Do you think I know what evolving standards of decency are?"

But they wanted someone to help them get basic standards of decency and fairness.

An effective human rights policy must try to be universal, telling the world that we hold all governments to a standard of decency.

Who will make the decisions about standards of decency?

Every healthy society needs to set standards of decency.

"Even if the situation is better than where they were, that doesn't mean there shouldn't be minimal standards of decency on how you treat people."

"Many publications have abandoned all standards of decency and fairness," he said.

Their clothes are wickedly tight by American standards of decency.

The association has urged minimum standards of decency for conditions in the pens.

"Even though your standards of decency on the beach are higher than ours are?"

He shows contempt for all conventional standards of decency.

As the committee said at the time, capital punishment "is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency."

Of course it would be rational, even if clearly offensive to any standard of decency.

Some people believe that murder, whether by a 17-year-old or a 71-year-old, is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society.

For an attorney, he said, "very little offends generally accepted standards of decency and morality more."

By every standard of decency we should have taken our leave but we stayed for the climax.

Basic affection and normal standards of decency often allowed for balanced relationships to evolve.

The standards of decency have varied over time.

"There is little that religion can do to influence them except to try and hold radio and movies to standards of decency," he said.

First, Congress needs to establish a minimum welfare benefit at a level that would insure a consistent standard of decency.

He ruled that this penalty, while severe, did not "shock or outrage standards of decency".

The Court frequently surveys the laws of states to measure "evolving standards of decency."

To avoid offending the public in general, public authorities maintain what are sometimes called "standards of decency".

Its laws forbid capital punishment and require that prisoners be treated according to a minimum standard of decency.