Sentence examples for adequate punishment from inspiring English sources

Is the extended ban an appropriate, or adequate, punishment?

Retiring the bad apple on full pension seemed "adequate punishment," added the chairman.

But the committee said axing bonuses was not "adequate punishment", adding: "Bonuses should only be awarded for good performance... simply taking them away does not constitute an adequate punishment for [this] particularly poor performance".

Being fired from your job, even in the most public and humiliating of circumstances, is not adequate punishment for mass murder.

"If there were adequate punishment, the furor would die down and society would feel less unhappy about the situation," said the lawyer, Robin Malkin.

They said probation and community service were adequate punishment for a man whose personal life and reputation had been shattered by his guilty convictions.

"I think four years is adequate enough punishment for most athletes who test positive.

Mr Johnson said it was a "real difficulty we're having in finding adequate punishments and adequate ways of turning their lives around".

Students have also questioned whether the Ivy League university in Connecticut is enacting adequate punishments for other forms of sexual violence and harassment.

It's a common pattern involving cruelty to animals: grotesque crime, not-quite-adequate punishment.

Equal Punishment?