The phrase "automatic punishment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a punishment that is applied automatically without discretion or consideration of individual circumstances.
Example: "The school has implemented an automatic punishment policy for students caught cheating, resulting in immediate suspension."
Alternatives: "mandatory penalty" or "automatic penalty".
Was Bishop Thomas Olmsted's choice of selective enforcement of an "automatic" punishment more manipulative than moral?
But others said it was hard not to see the potent meaning in Mr. Obama's remarks, particularly on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are contemplating making dishonorable discharge an automatic punishment for convicted offenders.
Webber drops back from third to 13th as automatic punishment for picking up his third reprimand of the season for accepting a lift back to the pits from Alonso in what stewards considered a dangerous manner at the last race in Singapore.
McGary was tested 18 days before the NCAA decided to reduce the automatic punishment for marijuana use to a half a season and his appeal for lenience was unsuccessful.
The jury had to render sentences for 12 counts of first-degree murder and 12 counts of murder with extreme indifference, but they failed to agree unanimously on any of them, triggering an automatic punishment of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
First, they've made progress towards the "fiscal compact" demanded by European Central Bank president Mario Draghi, by promising to enshrine budgetary rules – including strict ceilings on deficits – in their constitutions, and enforce automatic punishments on eurozone members that fail to comply.
While the jury's verdict spares Mr. Parker expulsion from the Senate — the automatic penalty for a lawmaker convicted of a felony — Democrats and Republicans in the chamber may consider censure or another form of punishment.
The automatic Football League punishment was triggered after a High Court hearing ruled that the football club was "in administration".
A High Court hearing in London last week ruled that the League One club was "in administration", triggering the automatic Football League punishment.
School officials in Newark, Del., said Tuesday that they would revise the district's code of conduct to exempt kindergarteners and first graders from some of its automatic and harsher punishments.
Moreover, a bullet proof agreement must automatically punish Iran with any manipulation of the inspections regime -- which punishment must be in the form of "snap back sanctions" which are automatic, swift, and non-negotiable.
