"Severe punishment" refers to a very harsh consequence or penalty for wrongdoing or breaking rules. It means the punishment is likely to be intense, strict, and severe in order to deter or discourage the person from engaging in the same behavior again.
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Other people represent themselves out of a strongly felt guilt that they feel a moral duty to confess to, even if this means that they will face
severe punishment for doing so.
He had already experienced the
most severe punishment the school district had to offer — a year at the alternative school — so it was no longer a threat.
He faces up to 20 years in prison on one of the counts but is likely to receive
less severe punishment at sentencing.
Sometimes, that feedback is about how we should deal with industry professionals who do something wrong; specifically, what kind and
how severe the punishment we give them should be.
The researchers found that if African - American children experienced
severe punishment at 15 months they were more likely to exhibit increased aggressive and delinquent behaviors in the fifth grade.
There's all the opportunity in the world for someone who wants to implement a well - crafted strategy, without an
overly severe punishment for someone who doesn't.
The sheer number of acts of violent conduct and the disgusting nature of the scratch should warrant a
more severe punishment.
Much more so than if paying damages, which is the result of most civil defamation cases, were the
most severe punishment.
The first was parental report
of severe punishment of the child by either parent, based on the severe / very severe assault subscales of the Parent - Child Conflict Tactics Scale24 assessed at 12, 24, and 36 months.
Yet, attorney discipline in Nevada can result
in severe punishments for lawyers who are experienced because it is presumed that they should have known better.
Nevertheless, the Spaniard was at risk of
severe punishment as a result of the accusations, but given nothing has been proven, he remains with the squad in France ahead of Euro 2016 despite reports in the media that he had been sent home.
They declare that a small amount of plagiarism — 10 % of a thesis, article, book, research paper, or other document — is acceptable, but that more extensive copying will result in
increasingly severe punishments.
Human Rights Watch believes all North Koreans fleeing into China should be considered refugees, whatever their motivation for flight, because of the certain prospect of
severe punishment if they are returned.
A junior lawyer rebuked for forging documents has been spared more
severe punishment after she laid bare the «culture of fear» she says she experienced at work.
MPs on the standards and privileges committee have traditionally been tentative to impose
severe punishments on their colleagues, for example.
If it WERE to happen, many of them would have no countries to which they could return, or would
face severe punishment or death.
Historically, law only allowed nobility to own Greyhounds, and if commoners were caught with these hounds they
suffered severe punishment.
The bottom line is these women knew what they were doing and they know they live in Russia — a place known to have
very severe punishment for crimes.
When still other parents take things very personally, they overreact by saying abusive things,
giving severe punishments or even physically hurting their children.
In Afghanistan, for example, 85 percent of Muslims who support sharia law say that adulterers should be stoned, while 81 percent of Muslims
support severe punishments for theft and robbery, such as whippings and cutting off hands.
The traditional moral code of the Pashtuns, the main ethnic group the Taliban draw their members from, also
demands severe punishment for adulterers.
To date, SEBI's actions against PwC constitute one of the most
severe punishments passed by regulator against a Big Four audit firm in India.
In the early days of the Tribunal, those who accused themselves voluntarily within a period of thirty or forty days were treated with mercy and offered reconciliation with the Church
without severe punishment.
A challenge which could potentially end a player's career — similar to Ryan Shawcross on Aaron Ramsey — gets a standard three match ban, and the debate continues as to why spitting has a more
severe punishment under FA's guidelines.
According to the former head of Premier League referees Keith Hackett, Wenger should get the most
severe punishment available for his unacceptable actions, which is to have absolutely no contact with his team for six full games.
Season after season, these preeminent performers deliver on the biggest stages and
administer severe punishment to striving title contenders — including Neymar's aspiring Paris Saint - Germain.
Those very remarks were deemed unacceptable by most of the general public, and it would appear the FA were of the same opinion and dished out
severe punishment accordingly.
Legal practitioner Egbert Faibille Jnr says the three Montie FM radio panelists and host convicted of criminal contempt need to demonstrate their remorse more seriously if they are to
escape severe punishment.
And even after an escape or rescue the child will remain loyal to the abuser out of fear that he will come back and
inflict severe punishment for disloyalty.
Plagiarism is a serious crime in academic setting and students can
expect severe punishment if they commit plagiarism while preparing their essay.
Animal advocates in Baltimore are watching the case closely, and hoping that, if found guilty, the twins receive the most
severe punishment posible.
Hint: Those who guess «nannygate» will
earn severe punishment via public ridicule — especially if they're a major news network.
And if you caused an auto accident and / or serious personal injury while illegally driving, you may face jail time, permanent license revocation, and
other severe punishments.
There could be an issue under the 8th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (cruel and unusual punishment) over whether a punishment imposed in a U.S. conviction for a crime needs to consider the
already severe punishment imposed in another jurisdiction for the same crime in order to prevent the cumulative punishment from being cruel and unusual.