criminal penalty
Court-imposed sanction
A criminal penalty is the punishment imposed by a court upon conviction for a crime—fines, imprisonment, probation, community service, or in some jurisdictions, death.
The term distinguishes punishments handed down through the criminal justice system from civil penalties, which typically involve monetary damages rather than incarceration: The statute carries criminal penalties of up to five years in prison.
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- hard timeStruggle or imprisonment
- doing timeServing a prison sentence
- behind barsIn jail
- life sentenceImprisonment without release
fines · sentencing hearings · trial proceedings · house arrest · sentencing guidelines · retributive justice · community service · parole · statutory law · aggravating factors · mitigating circumstances · time served · capital punishment · mandatory minimum · plea bargains · forfeiture · felony conviction · three strikes
- penaltiesfine, infractions, violations, fouls, foul
- Reproductive Rightsabortion law, abortion ban, reproductive autonomy, bodily autonomy, right to choose
- tax penaltiesfailure to pay
- punishmentsjail, prison, timeout, grounded, fine
- Kidnappingkidnapping, hostage, captive, ransom note, kidnapper
criminal penaltycivil damages
Money owed for harm
civil remedy · monetary compensation · civil judgment · restitution · civil liability
criminal penaltyacquittal
Formal clearing of charges
exoneration · not guilty verdict · pardon · clemency · amnesty
criminal penaltyrestorative justice
Conflict resolution through mutual healing
rehabilitation · forgiveness · reconciliation · community healing · diversion program
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