Punishment
Penalty inflicted for wrongdoing, and its justification, purposes and limits.
Works to read
- The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1860-62
- Near v. Minnesota by Supreme Court of the United States, 1931
- Robinson v. California by Supreme Court of the United States, 1962
- United States v. O'Hagan by Supreme Court of the United States, 1997
- The Rights of War and Peace (Book I) by Hugo Grotius, 1625
- A Treatise on Insanity by Philippe Pinel, 1801 (Davis trans. 1806)
- The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang (ed.), 1898
- Jacobson v. Massachusetts by Supreme Court of the United States, 1905
Passages
he who desires to inflict rational punishment does not retaliate for a past wrong which cannot be undone; he has regard to the future
— Plato, Protagoras
For the people is the sole fountain of honour and of punishment
— Polybius, The Histories, Book VI
To kill for murder is a punishment incomparably worse than the crime itself.
— Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot
Properly construed, the statute provides a treatment, rather than a punishment.
— Supreme Court of the United States, Robinson v. California
Even one day in prison would be a cruel and unusual punishment for the "crime" of having a common cold.
— Supreme Court of the United States, Robinson v. California
Kept close in the palace am I, bound with heavy chains; and the cause of my punishment is that I was faithful.
— Ovid, Heroides
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