Nevertheless, the Philippines' attempts to mete out justice to Mrs Marcos have long been hampered by a remarkable tendency to forgive and forget.

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Eastwood long ago gave up celebrating men of violence: the mysterious, annihilating Westerners and the vigilantes who think that they alone know how to mete out justice.

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There is talk of special courts to mete out speedy justice and give punishments the sanction of law.

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The U.S. military is conducting its own investigation and will mete out "punishment, if appropriate ... in accordance with established policies and the Uniform Code of Military Justice, " the Southern Command said in its statement.

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