The phrase "proportionate punishment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a punishment that is appropriate in relation to the severity of an offense. For example, "The judge issued a proportionate punishment for the crime, which included a fine and community service."
Not all fouls in the box are serious enough for a penalty to be a proportionate punishment.
Gradually there arose the idea of proportionate punishment, such as was reflected in the biblical dictum "an eye for an eye" (see talion).
"Kevin just tries to push him away; it is not a slap or a punch," said Martínez, arguing a caution was a proportionate punishment.
For whether going to hell amounts to a freely chosen rejection of God's grace (libertarianism) or a proportionate punishment for just such a rejection (retributivism), a full-blooded understanding of what exactly God is would require the acumen of a philosopher (or philosopher-theologian).
We may agree with John Kerry, the US secretary of state, that the use of gas is a "moral obscenity", but would we not feel that "a measured and proportionate punishment", like striking at some missile sites or helicopter bases, is like telling the regime that "you can go on with your war but do stay away from the chemical weapons"?
But if actual detention matters for proportionate sentencing in the pre-trial context, it must matter as well for the post-sentence context, and this would make it effectively impossible to pursue both proportionate punishment and post-sentence detention.
Instead, she said, "the focus is more about disparity" and whether government is being proportionate in punishment.
A punishment proportionate to the crime and consistent with other accused hackers in the UK, including those accused of hacking into the Pentagon.
The underlying aim of The Sentencing Council's new guideline for drug offences in England and Wales is to ensure sentences are consistent and the punishment proportionate.
Cameron's speech is being billed as "tough, but intelligent", with the prime minister expected to argue that "the primary, proper response to crime … is punishment – proportionate, meaningful punishment", but the prime minister will also argue that "prevention is the cheapest and most effective way to deal with crime".
The function of the criminal justice system is "to ascertain the facts according to the evidence and to assign punishment proportionate to the crime for the sake of protecting the public," she says.
