Because local officials protect factories that provide revenue, both legitimate and corrupt, the polluters escape serious punishment.
But because of the commission's reluctance to make an Afrikaner martyr of him, nobody expects him to suffer serious punishment.
But the charges are narrow and few people expect the ailing 79-year-old to face any serious punishment even if convicted of wider offences.
The paramilitaries disarmed because their leaders expected to escape serious punishment.
While Mr. Bo's supporters in the leadership argue that he should be only mildly disciplined over Mr. Wang's actions and given a powerless but prestigious new job, opponents are thought to be pushing for more serious punishment, possibly based on Mr. Wang's allegations, according to people close to the party elite.
The judge said Gill-Webb's behaviour was "serious" enough to demand punishment, but that he thought he was unlikely to offend again.
Cases like this make it clear that the sanctions provided for by the Federal Data Protection Act are totally inadequate for the punishment of such serious breaches of data protection.
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Having regard to the awful circumstances of this crime, together with the two other offences on this indictment of which you have been convicted, and also to your record of previous convictions which includes serious sexual offences, I impose a punishment part of 21 years.
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An anonymous official from the branch said ConocoPhillips showed that the punishment for oil spills is not serious enough.
We saw hundreds of Han Chinese holding sticks and pipes basically calling for severe punishment of the Uyghurs, who they say committed serious crimes during Sunday's deadly rioting.
Hundreds of Han Chinese were on the streets of Urumqi on Tuesday, holding sticks and pipes, and calling for severe punishment of the Uyghurs, who they say committed serious crimes.
Hundreds of Han Chinese were on the streets of Urumqi last Tuesday, holding sticks and pipes and calling for severe punishment of the Uyghurs, who they say committed serious crimes.
The law is just beginning to gets its arms around the concept of computer hacking, but in a way that Granick says errs on the side of extreme punishment for crimes when considered in context are not often that serious.
Interestingly, the Backbench Business Committee is going to hold a debate - on December 5th - on the suggestion that future breaches of the protocol requiring policy announcements to be made to the House should result in punishment being meted out by Mr Speaker or, in more serious cases, by the Standards and Privileges Committee.
Opponents of the bill insisted capital punishment was a necessary tool to punish those who commit the most serious crimes.
Serious cases will still come to court which is only correct to allow the appropriate punishment to be issued.
If we were actually serious about getting great teachers into the classroom we would quit finding negative solutions, turning to punishment or to decreased standards.
Since then, however, a wave of serious crime, including the rape and murder of a young girl, has reopened the debate on capital punishment.
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While those caught simply using a phony document to buy alcohol typically escape with a community punishment in Maryland, Jacoby says, it will remain on their record for three years - with potentially serious consequences when they apply for graduate jobs.
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