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Punishment in sentence

713 examples of Punishment in a sentence

For example, in a 2002 Virginia case, the high court ruled that the execution of the mentally retarded is forbidden by the American Constitution as "cruel and unusual punishment."
The stick – punishment of misconduct – requires stricter enforcement of legal and ethical requirements, whether concerning tax avoidance and evasion, or the ability to hide behind subsidiaries.
In the United States, Donald Trump’s election as president is a punishment to an establishment that disregarded the demands of the 2011 Occupy Wall Street protests.
As a result, it is becoming possible, in political terms, to say that the debtors have taken their punishment and have made their economies more competitive.
The only disagreement is between those who want to penalize Italy immediately for defying eurozone budget rules and those who are willing to delay punishment, or at least administer it more slowly.
But here’s an idea: Why not eschew punishment altogether and give Italy’s government a chance?
Over the last 24 years, the debates surrounding Megrahi’s prosecution and punishment have reflected Libya’s enigmatic relationship with the West.
Your willingness to undergo punishment merely expedites their victory.
Solitary confinement in D Block was seen as the harshest punishment, and it was never used for more than 48 hours at a time.
For example, a recent law mandates punishment for anyone who spreads rumors that Gamal is to be the next president.
Many economists argued that these clever models were flawed, because the punishment threat was not credible, particularly in the case of a systemic meltdown affecting a large part of the financial system.
Many Europeans regard the use of capital punishment in the US as backward and repugnant.
First, the tax itself is a result of – and, as some may see it, a punishment for – the “bad” financial innovation that brought the global economy to its knees in 2008, hitting the world’s poorest people the hardest.
Like Czechoslovakia’s leaders in 1968, forced by the Kremlin to sign a letter inviting the Warsaw Pact to invade their country, the victim was required to pretend that it had requested its punishment.
It seems to be in our nature to look for stories about sin and retribution, crime and punishment, error and comeuppance.
Deterrence means using a credible threat of serious punishment to prevent an opponent from initiating military engagement.
Another law, part of the electoral code, provides for punishment of one year in prison and a fine of €15,000 for anyone who uses false information “or other fraudulent maneuvers” to steal votes.
NEW DELHI – US President Donald Trump’s recent decision to freeze some $2 billion in security assistance to Pakistan as punishment for the country’s refusal to crack down on transnational terrorist groups is a step in the right direction.
The proper response to such a debt is to suffer punishment or to pay reparations to the victims.
If you are ashamed, you do not expose yourself to punishment, nor do you extend your hand in a gesture of repair.
In ancient Athens, the birthplace of democracy, citizens voted on the first day of debate to put to death the entire male population of Mytilene as punishment for their revolt against Athenian imperial control.
Indeed, the example of Kosovo suggests the wisdom of not entangling humanitarian action in notions of deterrence or punishment.
Since World War II’s end, collective punishment has become increasingly unacceptable as a response even to grave or egregious violations of international law, and this approach has been codified in a widely accepted set of principles – the so-called ILC articles – concerning the responsibility of states.
Over the last five years, that campaign has resulted in the dismissal, sanction, or other punishment of no less than 440 provincial officials, 8,900 at the municipal level, 63,000 at the county level, and 278,000 at the village level.
To discourage A from hurting B, the reaction of C can be important, because if A knows that C will punish him for what he does to B, he might think twice before hurting B.But if punishment is risky or costly for C, she may not do much to A, making A feel unconstrained.
So punishment through gossip is both cheap and pleasant – and A’s fear of becoming the subject of gossip by C may be enough to deter bad behavior toward B.This opens an important avenue for the control of evil.
Without regard for the political consequences, Merkel is trying to escape the specifically German contradiction between national solutions and European constraints by advocating a rigorous fiscal-consolidation program, severe punishment for non-compliance (including loss of EU voting rights), and a trigger mechanism for member states that lag in meeting their obligations.
In simple language: forget about any punishment or automatic trigger mechanisms that might affect a country’s sovereignty.
Humility, rigorous procedures, the prevention of conflicts of interest, an ability to acknowledge mistakes and, yes, punishment of fraudulent behavior are needed to regain citizens’ trust.
Yet, according to the European Commission and those same finance ministers, Ireland’s fiscal posture may generate strong inflationary pressures in an already overheated economy and so merits maximum punishment.
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