just punishment

Example Sentences

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"These situations are unacceptable and must result in a just punishment."

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2024

Yet, at the same time, in opinion surveys, most people support police reform, reducing racial disparities, and a focus on rehabilitation and not just punishment in the criminal system.

From Slate • May 15, 2023

“Defendant deserves just punishment for his crimes, including a prison sentence,” Avenatti wrote in a memo to the judge, referring to himself in the third person.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2022

"Considering the extensiveness of Holmes' fraud... the sentencing of 180 months' imprisonment would reflect the seriousness of the offenses, provide for just punishment for the offenses, and deter Holmes and others," the prosecutors said.

From Reuters • Nov. 12, 2022

Upon this, it was rumored abroad that the Quakers had removed the guilty individuals to screen them from just punishment; an accusation which, for a time, excited much ill blood between the rival factions.

From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Parkman, Francis