Sentences with phrase «only slaps on the wrists»

Bloomberg complained there are too many cases in which state arbitrators impose only a slap on the wrist to teachers found guilty of sexually inappropriate behavior toward students.

This report comes on the heels of accusations from local groups that a Kentucky mining company has violated the Clean Water Act nearly 28,000 times, likely the largest non-compliance of the law in its 42 - year history, while state regulators continue to give only slaps on the wrists.

Not exact matches

Last month she gave only a soft slap on the wrist to Trump's reckless act: but with her international reputation in the balance, she must publicly show that on climate change she has far more in common with the rest of the world than with Donald Trump and join other leaders in defending and advancing the Paris Agreement.»

It's likely Meyer sticks to his words of not making an example out of Stoneburner or Mewhort and only slaps both of them on the wrist.

He's been giving up pay for 7 years now and still only getting the smallest of slaps on the wrist.

The black person dies and the cop is either only forced to resign or barely receives a slap on the wrist for their murder.

She was eventually caught and sentenced to only six months house arrest, a slap on the wrist in comparison to the scope of her crimes.

Not only are regulations increasing, but gone are the days when corporations could expect a slap on the wrist for not meeting compliance.

If you want to openly conspire to set prices in order to protect your market and limit competition at the expense of the consumer you will only be able to get away with doing so for two years, plus however long it takes the government to drag you into court, prove anything, and penalize you with a slap - on - the - wrist settlement in which you ultimately offer consumers a small price break they will almost certainly never take you up on for products they probably don't want to buy anyway.

Better yet, I'm often asked why do animal abusers only get a slap on the wrist?

This is especially relevant if the only likely result is a slap on the wrist, which in most cases, it is.

In - house «only» slaps - on - the - wrists style retribution does little to sway the unconsionable amongst us.