criminal punishment
Court-ordered consequence
Criminal punishment is the penalty imposed by a legal system on someone convicted of a crime.
It may take many forms: imprisonment, fines, community service, probation, or execution.
The stated purposes include deterrence, rehabilitation, incapacitation, and retribution.
The judge determined that criminal punishment was warranted despite the defendant's age.
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- hard timeStruggle or imprisonment
- behind barsIn jail
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- sentencing guidelinesRecommended ranges for court penalties
proportionality · constitutional rights · probation · penal codes · life sentence · three strikes · deterrence · moral culpability · cruel and unusual · stigmatization · juvenile detention · parole · prison overcrowding · death row · fines · incapacitation · judicial discretion · plea bargaining
- retributionretribution, revenge, payback, vengeance, retaliation
criminal punishmentrehabilitation
Recovery from injury/addiction
restorative justice · reconciliation · forgiveness · pardon · amnesty
criminal punishmentacquittal
Formal clearing of charges
exoneration · pardon · amnesty · clemency · release
criminal punishmentforgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
mercy · grace · absolution · redemption · compassion
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