On top of the punitive sentences — handed out to refugees like Mohammad fleeing war — the speed of the hearings, most of which are over within an hour and scheduled just days after the alleged offense has been committed, is raising major concerns with some of those involved.
For tobacco companies, getting the $144.8 billion punitive damage award handed down yesterday by a Miami jury reduced, and even possibly thrown out, may be the easy part.
Among the many harsh, punitive decrees they handed down -- against the education and employment of women, betting, smoking, drug-taking, western music and kite-flying -- was a prohibition on photography of any kind.
Many of us have visited a food bank, and seen first hand that peculiar, punitive blandness of charity, leaping from metaphor into real life: you can't put anything nice in a food parcel.
The minister believes that the dual-track approach "to give incentives on the one hand and impose punitive measures at the Security Council was the right approach," the spokesman added.
By speaking in such a way, governments make a rod for their own backs, and are forced, by their own hand, into more and more punitive actions, to make the policies match the threat they've created.
On the other hand, some states have used punitive laws to criminalize behaviors that are associated with potential exposure to HIV (defined as HIV-specific criminal laws) [ 6– 8].
Hands is demanding $7bn in punitive damages.
On the other hand, Charles Murray, writing in "Commentary" suggests punitive treatment of the poor to lessen their irresponsible behavior.
