The phrase "set punishment" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when speaking about a predetermined course of action that has been established to deal with a particular occurrence. For example: "The school board has set the punishment for fighting in the hallway as a two-day suspension."
Extreme cases are easy to legislate, to set punishment for.
Page A10 National NEW POLICY COULD EASE SENTENCES FOR CRACK CASES Thousands of prisoners convicted of crimes related to crack cocaine could get shorter sentences under a revised policy enacted by the federal agency that helps set punishment policy.
Thousands of prisoners convicted of crimes related to crack cocaine could get shorter sentences under a revised policy enacted Thursday by the federal agency that helps to set punishment policy.
There is no set punishment for the violations, but the F.D.A. has the authority to ban the researchers from future work using federal money.
You can imagine an office (or a society) where there is a set punishment for a stolen lunch.
This subject is a little murky as there is no set punishment, according to the militants' interpretation of Sharia, the strict form of Islamic law imposed under the group's self declared caliphate.
Although there are no set punishments for breaches of rules such as this while conducting media duties, he is likely to be fined if found guilty.
"The big question to our country is how to balance the need for personal privacy with the safety and security needs of our country," said Representative Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican who sponsored a successful measure in the House this year to require that the devices be used only as a secondary screening method and to set punishments for government employees who copy or share images.
The line refers to how the Old Testament God laid down rules and set punishments, but the New Testament God preached by Jesus was one of mercy and forgiveness and that Jesus had died to spread this message.
Have set punishments that you know they hate for when you lie.
But if such jurisdictional variation can be tolerated, then the scales so provided would be far less vague and open to consequentialist input in setting punishment than the scale embraced by limiting retributivism see section 3.5.
