Sentence examples for a commitment to punishment from inspiring English sources

Retributive justice includes a commitment to punishment that is proportional to the crime.

Behind the Augustinian understanding of hell lies a commitment to a retributive theory of punishment, according to which the primary purpose of punishment is to satisfy the demands of justice or, as some might say, to balance the scales of justice.

Conviction rates in no sense reflect a full commitment to punishing these crimes on a par with punishment of other crimes (Estrich 2001; Schulhofer 1998).

The justice says that endorsing capital punishment is touted as a commitment to law and order — whether it was Gov. George W. Bush presiding over 40 executions in Texas in 2000 (the most ever in a year in one state) or elected judges in Alabama favoring the penalty (while unelected judges in Delaware do not).

"We can make a commitment to having prisons be about rehabilitation and not punishment.

What's needed instead is a commitment to seriously investigate and prosecute traffickers and impose harsh punishment on those who rape and assault sex workers.

Plus a commitment to pleasure.

There's a commitment to ecological sustainability.

We have a commitment to these towers.

We owed a commitment to them.

"We have a commitment to winning here.