When his brutal past comes to light, he must face all who wish to see him dead.

Created as a way to put South Africa's brutal past to rest, the commission has the power to grant amnesty in return for confessions.

The commission was created as a way to put South Africa's brutal past to rest without the expense and political divisiveness of trials.

Mexico's maturation into a democracy depends on coming to honest terms with its brutal authoritarian past.

But its symbolism was far-reaching in a nation that has still not come to terms with its brutal past.

The commission was created to investigate South Africa's brutal past and help put it to rest.

It was a model watched closely around the world by other societies wondering how to disentangle themselves from the grudges of a brutal past.

Ryan has spent years putting his brutal past behind him.

They were primal forces erupting from the planet's crust, relics of a brutal past.

The commission, which began its hearings this year, is intended to help South Africans put their brutal past to rest.