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How to use punishment in a sentence

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But the most important way to tackle the issue is to conduct surprise inspections frequently and impose severe punishment on the guilty.
Severe punishments must be meted out and if necessary capital punishment will be needed.
Many thought this too lenient a punishment for a teenager who had created the world's most prolific computer worms.
The insurgency has led police to abuse detainees, using torture as punishment or to extract confessions, the report said.
He had ordered three hands for punishment for a fault in catting the anchor.
The punishment was capital punishment and all of this was done to teach them a lesson.
Even if they win an international award, they are faced with strict investigation and the possibility of punishment from the government.
It is important to note, however, that Brown held that the definition of punishment should not be limited to retributive actions.
Laws are implemented rigorously, and punishment is severe and exemplary, and it doesn't matter who you are or who your uncle is.
The second round belongs to Jones as he dominates the ring, forcing Filho to accept more punishment than is healthy for any human body.
Capital punishment seemed an unacceptable relic of monarchical governments, out of place in a republic.
Whether we believe in capital punishment is beside the point, presumably those running these prisons think it's a fine idea.
To allow pure punishment in this way contravenes almost every principle which has been evolved for the protection of offenders.
Or take the claim that forgiveness is superior to revenge, and that capital punishment is mere revenge.
These three cardinal sins require martyrdom because of their intrinsic severity, and not because of the punishment prescribed for them.
More than 90 countries worldwide have abolished corporal punishment in schools and penal systems for youth.
I think he is guilty, as the pictures show, of throwing more than one punch and he has to accept whatever punishment comes his way.
The lex talionus, or law of retribution, teaches that the punishment should fit the crime.
Finally, there is no compensation for the five men who lost 20 months of liberty as punishment for a crime they did not commit.
As a common law offence, the punishment can carry anything up to a life sentence.
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