punishment

Example Sentences

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It argues the judge "flouted" new guidelines and improperly considered conduct for which Combs had been acquitted when formulating his punishment.

From BBC

Shapiro said Hochman is unlikely to consider a punishment less than life without the possibility of parole, since he has already alleged special circumstances.

From Los Angeles Times

"It's a disgusting document. It's another example of the truth being hidden for two decades. All the pain and punishment the victims have taken all these years and it was buried," he told the BBC.

From BBC

The timing has to be impeccable and a penalty try and a yellow card are the punishment for getting it wrong.

From BBC

The irony, which Mr. Crow misses, is that Marat, with his lists of enemies and scapegoats and his lust for punishment, was the ancestor of the modern totalitarians.

From The Wall Street Journal