Sentence examples similar to imposing retribution from inspiring English sources
But for all the delays GOP senators have imposed as retribution, they've mostly voted to confirm Obama's nominees anyway.
When the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, it said there were two social purposes for imposing capital punishment for the most egregious crimes: deterrence and retribution.
Co. v. Haslip, 499 U.S. 1, 19 (1991) ([P]unitive damages are imposed for purposes of retribution and deterrence).
Looks tough and imposing.
Retribution limits how much punishment you can impose.
Two years later, it restricted banana imports from the Philippines, claiming the limits had been imposed for health reasons, though growers said it was retribution for a flare-up in disputed waters in the South China Sea.
A year later, the same issues of retribution and reconciliation surround the delayed sentences imposed on three of Mr. Hussein's lieutenants, including his cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as Chemical Ali, and the former defense minister, Sultan Hashem Ahmed al-Jabouri al-Tai.
So you see we impose punishment based on fear and a desire for retribution, not based on rational evaluations of what crimes and criminals are most dangerous.
