More recently, however, some of the accusations have led to swift consequences for the men accused.
In school, at home and online, we must all hold one another accountable for our actions and provide swift consequences, positive or negative.
When the St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Holliday dropped a fly ball with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning in Game 2 of their National League division series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, there were swift consequences: the Cardinals lost the game, and Holliday had to face the news media to talk about his gaffe.
Called "community court," the program aims to steer early offenders onto the right path by imposing swift consequences for minor, nonviolent crimes.
Let's react to that specific case in prosecuting that specific murder, and making sure he faces very swift consequences and accountability.
Pierson was ultimately asked to resign after a White House intruder incident, facing much swifter consequences than the white men who previously held the position.
While Mathers was facing swift social consequences for her Snapchat behavior – she was widely criticized for body-shaming, banned from the gym chain and reportedly suspended from her job on a Los Angeles radio show – she also became subject to a criminal investigation, according to the Los Angeles Times.
"And we will bring about swift political consequences to those who oppose us".
Barack Obama's victory has had some swift and obvious consequences, not least the restoration of American liberal confidence and a global upswing of positive feeling about the United States.
"It's about bringing swift and transparent consequences that will change their calculus," Strayer said on the sidelines of the RSA Conference.
It repudiated the rock-solid scientific consensus that without swift action the consequences of climate change — widespread species extinction, more devastating droughts, more Harveys and Irmas and wildfires like those now raging in Northern California — will become more likely.
