Sentence examples for punishment jail from inspiring English sources

Otherwise, he feared, the father would be unable to meet his obligation and face a more drastic punishment: jail.

The report, he said, "makes clear that M.I.T. did not 'target' Aaron Swartz, we did not seek federal prosecution, punishment or jail time, and we did not oppose a plea bargain".

There is another way forward that does not involve punishment or jail.

The Republican state legislator in Montana who is pushing a bill that would allow criminals to choose corporal punishment over jail said he is doing so to stop "torture" and to promote "humane" punishments.

The Americans are using collective punishment by jailing relatives.

Solitary confinement a standard punishment in jails and prisons nationwide would not vanish with a Rikers relocation.

These included two options that were more consistent with social reform (education, economy) and two options that were more consistent with enforcement and punishment (police, jails).

I was all for some other kind of punishment, but not jail.

Immigrants who have spent years in the United States often consider deportation a worse punishment than a jail sentence.

After the victim delivered a detailed account about how the assault and ensuing trial traumatized her and her family, the judge issued the light county jail punishment and justified making an exception with a speech that onlookers said was unusually sympathetic to the defendant.

Punishments include fines, jail terms and flogging.