1. The country had imposed a moratorium on capital punishment between 2006 and 2014.

2. That punishment has been used twice, and both times only on a limited basis.

3. That will give Assad ally Russia the means to stop any punishment from being imposed.

4. An administrative judge hearing the case will recommend a punishment to the police commissioner.

5. He believes the key to his low number is his approach on making the punishment fit the crime.

6. They never told what the punishment for selling illegal books could be, or how long it might be.

7. The approach also takes time, and sometimes a punishment like detention is needed.

8. Employees will be required to work within those policies or face punishment, the statement claimed.

9. The exact punishment will be determined at a future proceeding.

10. Many Iranians are desperate for economic relief from the punishment of sanctions.

11. Opponents of the ultimate punishment took his words as a call to arms.

12. The Beijing Times newspaper called for a fair punishment for Zhang to deter other doctors.

13. Not when the possibility of more punishment lay ahead in the Cooper house of horrors.

14. That punishment has been used only twice, though pressure has been growing to flex it more often.

15. His victims believed resisting him could lead to criminal punishment or even deadly violence.