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Society's price tag for breaking its own rules, payable in cash, time, or freedom.
means The consequences a government imposes for violating laws, ranging from fines to imprisonment to execution.
from From Latin poena, meaning punishment or suffering, itself borrowed from Greek poine, the blood-price paid to avenge a killing — penalties started as a way to buy off vengeance.
oldest formbabylon's code of hammurabi codified fines around 1750 bc
weirdest survivorsome us states still allow corporal punishment in schools
biggest fine everbp paid over 20 billion for the 2010 oil spill
debtors prisonsabolished in the uk in 1869, still exist informally elsewhere
for instance
three strikes law — california, 1994, mandated life sentences for repeat felons
gdpr fines — eu can fine companies up to 4 percent of global revenue
singapore caning — still legally used for over 30 offenses today
death penalty texas — executed more inmates than any other us state since 1976