punishment
Example Sentences
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Under South Korean law, prosecutors had three punishment options to recommend to the court: the death penalty or life behind bars with or without prison labor.
Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog, said Clark deserved a tougher punishment, including being barred from practicing law in the state.
From Los Angeles Times
South Korea has an unofficial moratorium on capital punishment -- the last prisoners were executed in 1997 -- with a death sentence effectively banishing Yoon to life behind bars.
From Barron's
This will be a tale of crime and punishment told in flashback, rewinding to Becket’s mother, an heiress excised from an eleven-figure fortune for giving birth as an unwed teenager.
From Los Angeles Times
Now the tribunal is publishing its reasons and punishment after it found the former priest guilty of misconduct last November.
From BBC
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