I am against using death as a punishment. I am also against using it as a reward. ✬

A person who steals deserves punishment. ✬

He deserves punishment. ✬

He deserves the punishment. ✬

Their punishment was harsh, but just. ✬

In some countries, the punishment for treason can be life in prison. ✬

As a punishment, the disgraced Greenpeace volunteer had to scrub oil from an otter's fur with his own toothbrush. ✬

Is there, for example, a three-course meal that conveys sin, punishment, and redemption? ✬

I don't think that I deserved the punishment I got. ✬

Tom deserved the punishment he got. ✬