If you don't punish wrongdoing, you don't deter it from happening again and again.

We will act as civilized human beings, and we will punish wrongdoing, not simply compound it with barbarisms of our own.

Forcing American taxpayers to pay Loewen for its losses, she said, would erode the aim of American courts to punish and deter wrongdoing.

Every time a judge hands down a sentence, it serves two purposes: to punish individual wrongdoing fairly and to broadcast a society's standards of behavior.

Sometimes, well-meant attempts to avert trouble or punish wrongdoing bring more trouble than would simple ignorance, indifference or impropriety.

Punitive damages - payments designed to punish wrongdoing - will punish only the public, for Amtrak's extra costs are covered by operating subsidies provided by the Government.

Some supporters of the new approach argue that the city runs the risk of exacerbating the contentions that the police treat civilians brutally and do little to punish wrongdoing.

Unlike compensatory damages, punitive damages are intended to punish wrongdoing and deter misconduct.

The ministry has not explained why this larger body would be better able to punish wrongdoing.

Most countries do not use civil cases to punish wrongdoing.