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…unfair to underprivileged accused. When people commit offences to society, they should be punished to the full extent of the law written for those offences. Plea bargaining is just one more way that lets defendants get through our court system lightly. Plea…

…using extreme and/or bizarre forms of punishment, such as confinement in a closet or dark room, or being tied to a chair for long periods of time, or threatening or terrorizing a child. Less severe acts, such as belittling or rejecting treatment, is no less…

…the suitors plot to kill Telemachus, they dare to challenge the gods. They act selfishly; out of greed to obtain wealth and power. They prove that they are immoral men, not worthy of divine protection, but worthy of divine punishment - death. Even Odysseus…

…bush Mrs Dubose owned, until the ground was littered with green buds and leaves." PG 114 for this action Jem was punished by Atticus and had to read to Mrs Dubose for 2 hours everyday except Sunday for a month and tend to her garden till the flowers grew…

…angry and devises a plan which will allow him to escape. He then takes a wooden rod and 'thrust the sharp point into his eye and leaned hard on it from above and turned it round and round'. This is the punishment Polyphemos receives for his being a bad host…

…, symbolic of eternal judgement can be contrasted with the nearby gallows, symbolizing human punishment. Set on the eve in which we commemorate the birth of Christianity, an institution based on charity and love, Pip feels guilty for bringing food to a starving…

…the phrase "cruel and unusual punishment" when it declared that treatment of prisoners should be humane. The Cahier of the Third Estate also addressed the treatment of prisoners by banning torture. The English Bill of Rights shared one major similarity to Thomas…

…not get up on time, then they would be punished and most likely have to spend time in solitary confinement. The area of confinement had "brick walls, cement floor, no windows and a stove that was used to melt the ice" (Solzhenitsyn 128). That would…

…." (Alighieri, 59) As Dante continues to the depths of hell, his spirit turns from compassionate to merciless. Through the next layers of torment, the punishment continually worsens, as do the sins of those who are tortured. Finally, after seeing many people…

…in a much harsher punishment to those that show up positive on a drug test in today's military. When someone has been identified as coming up positive on a drug test, they are more times than none, subjected to a hearing from their peers, be fined some money…