The phrase 'exempt from punishment' is correct and is commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to describe someone or something that has been granted an exemption from a punishment that would otherwise have been imposed. For example, "The judge found that the accused was exempt from punishment due to his age and prior record."
Those who confessed to a crime that previously had been unknown to the authorities were typically exempt from punishment or at least given a sentence considerably reduced from what would have been usual for such a crime.
For example, the Supreme Court has ruled that the death penalty is not unconstitutional; executioners are seen as exempt from punishment for obeying the law.
Under the new 'democratic' Iraqi penal code, those who murder homosexuals to defend the honor of their family are exempt from punishment".
One exempted from punishment members of the military who asserted that they were only following orders issued by senior officers.
If not, by what right are they to be exempted from punishment?" New Zealand granted great apes legal protection from animal experimentation.
The statement said three makers of infant formula — Meiji of Japan; Wyeth Nutrition, a subsidiary of Nestlé of Switzerland; and Zhejiang Beingmate Technology Industry & Trade of China — were exempted from the punishment because they "cooperated with the government investigation, provided important evidence and actively took self-rectification measures".
Responding to pleas from Arpaio's attorneys to expunge the conviction and give the sheriff a clean criminal record, Bolton ruled that a presidential pardon exempts Arpaio from punishment — but not his conviction.
Is China exempt from this broader pattern?
But mainstreamed state services are certainly not exempt from criticism.
The statement said three other companies were exempt from the punishment because they "cooperated with the government investigation, provided important evidence and actively took self-rectification measures".
In Moore v. Texas, the Supreme Court will look at how the state decides whether a defendant is exempt from capital punishment.
