Definition of punishment | Bee Dictionary of English

New data from a leading researcher of corporal punishment adds to the evidence that any benefit of spanking is far outweighed by its cognitive and emotional costs.
The Supreme Court prepares to hear a case on lethal injections that could cause us to rethink our haphazard system of capital punishment.
Sixty-one percent of all respondents felt regular spanking was an acceptable form of punishment.

Irving School Board President Plans To Revive Corporal Punishment
Irving’s school board appears split over the possibility of bringing corporal punishment back to the district after a five year absence.
June 17, 2013 - KERA North Texas
San Antonio dermatologist found guilty of sexual assault, could face 20 years
SAN ANTONIO -- The punishment phase for a well-known San Antonio dermatologist is now underway. Dr. Calvin Day was found guilty of sexual assaulting one of his former patients. The punishment phase for Day got underway around 1:30 p.m. Monday afternoon. The prosecution called two witnesses to the stand, both who claimed they were touched inappropriately by Day. The first witness worked at Day's ...
June 17, 2013 - KENS 5 San Antonio
Corporal Punishment Debate in Irving
The new school board president in the Irving Independent School District sparked a controversy when he scheduled a vote on once again allowing corporal punishment in schools, then pulled the item from...
June 14, 2013 - NBC Dallas Fort Worth

William Hague in New York Daily News
Stoning is a "medieval punishment which has no role in the modern world," British Foreign Secretary William Hague told the AP on Thursday. "If the punishment is carried out, it will disgust and appall the watching world."
Anthony Kennedy in News Banner
It ruled execution was confined to those attacks that take a life and is "not proportional punishment for the rape of a child" despite the monstrous nature of the crime, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote.