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| Articles about Punishment |
| Bills RB Lynch Avoids League Punishment | | 2008-07-28 11:37:54 | | Lynch could still be forced to deal with a civil suit (Photo Source)
Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch, who in late June accepted a plea deal and paid a $100 fine for a late May hit and run incident, will not be punished by the NFL.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who is visiting Bills training camp in Pittsford today, confirmed to the media that Lynch has not violated the NFL's personal conduct policy. The Commissioner did, however, visit shortly with Lynch to discuss the running back's responsibilities as an NFL player.
Lynch in June pleaded guilty to a traffic violation after a late May incident in which his Porsche SUV struck and injured Toronto native Kimberly Shpeley. After weeks of speculation about his punishment - not to mention Lynch's lawyer-ordered refusal to speak to anyone about the situation - Lynch paid his modest fine and has had his driver's license revoked.
The fact that Lynch avoided league suspension is the latest in a line of good news for the... | | By: Buffalo Rumblings | | |
| | Consequence or Punishment? | | 2008-01-17 14:08:00 | | I did something last week that is so uncharacteristic. I grounded a member of my family. For anyone who knows me, they know that I despise punishment. But I do believe in consequences. Some argue that it’s just semantics and I am masking a punishment by calling it a consequence. By definition, this can’t be so: Consequence: Something that logically or naturally follows from an action or conditionPunishment: A Penalty imposed for wrongdoingI have told my kids that, just because I don’t believe in punishment does not mean that I wouldn’t use it. I just don’t believe in its efficacy. As a parent, it is my job to teach my kids to become responsible, civilized and caring adults. “Punishable behaviors” are opportunities to teach important personal skills such as honesty, humility, problem-solving and mediation.Foremost is the notion of respect. Since the first day I became a parent, almost 21 years ago, I have always tried to respect my children. During infancy, for example it... | | By: Minivan Diaries | | |
| | MOURNING PUNISHMENT | | 2007-10-27 17:23:00 | | (A Poetic Justice Photomontage) Death Penalty Tests Church as It MournsBy ALISON LEIGH COWAN The United Methodist Church here is the kind of politically active place where parishioners take to the pulpit to discuss poverty in El Salvador and refugees living in Meriden. But few issues engage its passions as much as the death penalty.The last three pastors were opponents of capital punishment. Church-sponsored adult education classes promote the idea of “restorative justice,” advocating rehabilitation over punishment. Two years ago, congregants attended midnight vigils outside the prison where Connecticut executed a prisoner for the first time in 45 years.So it might have been expected that United Methodist congregants would speak out forcefully when a brutal triple murder here in July led to tough new policies against violent criminals across the state and a pledge from prosecutors to seek capital punishment against the defendants. But the congregation has been largely quiet, not out of indifference, but anguish: the victims were popular and active members of the church — Jennifer Hawke-Petit, 48, and her two daughters, Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11. On July 23, two men broke into the family’s home. Mrs. Hawke-Petit was strangled and her daughters died in a fire that the police say was set by the intruders. …At a memorial service in September for his family, Dr. Petit read from the Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi, which included the passage, “Where there is injury, pardon.”Some members took that as a sign that he was grappling with his feelings about capital punishment.“What really took my breath away when he cited the Prayer of St. Francis and either lingered on the word ‘pardon’ or got stuck on the word ‘pardon,’ ” Dr. Brewer said. “There was a long pause after he spoke the word, and to me, that signaled that this was on his mind.”Dr. Brewer’s wife, Dr. Karen Brown, said, “I think it’s what he wants to feel, but it’s hard to get... | | By: Poetic Justice (Dont burn the flag. Wash it!) | | |
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| Crime and Punishment in the Kitchen. | | 2007-09-20 21:17:00 | | Today, September 21st … Benjamin Franklin recorded his experiences en route to Philadelphia aboard the Berkshire in 1726. A very interesting and instructive event happened on this day in that year. Wednesday, Sept. 21. - This morning our steward was brought to the geers and whipped, for making an extravagant use of flour in the puddings, and for several other misdemeanors. It is difficult to be sure of the exact nature of his crimes but let me tell you - the cook got off lightly compared to some of his colleagues in history. Mind you, some cooks’ crimes are rather larger in scale than being a bit heavy-handed with the flour: in a previous story we saw what havoc can be wreaked by a shipboard cook with a temper and a cleaver. Richard Roose, a cook in sixteenth century England was boiled to death in a large pot, having been found guilty of poisoning several members of the household of the Bishop of Rochester (and inadvertently several paupers who received the leftovers as alms) in 1532. The legislation which enabled this particularly gruesome execution was especially enacted and made retrospective for his case - presumably on the principle of making the punishment fit the crime. It seems likely, or at least possible, that poor Richard was the fall guy for one of the movers and shakers of the political and religious conflict of Henry VIII’s reign, as the probable intended victims were well and truly involved in it all.I am puzzled at how one can be “extravagant” in the use of flour to make puddings. The puddings would have been of the solid, stodgy, filling type made made to eke out the meat supply, and just as likely to have been “savoury” as “sweet”. Perhaps the "crime" was that there was too much flour and in relation to suet in his puddings and they were too dry? A common seaboard meal was sea-pie, which is something like a cross between a savoury suet pudding and a pot-pie – made with several layers of crust reminiscent of the various decks of a ship. But we have had a recipe for sea-pie before (two, actually, there is one in the cook-with-the-cleaver story too) – so what to give you today? I have chosen an entirely different sort of pudding – far too extravagant for seaboard life, but I am sure Ben Franklin would approve. It is from a famous cookbook of his time – John Nott’s Cooks’ and Confectioners’ Dictionary (1724), and is a sort of multiple cross between bread pudding, custard, and apple-pie. To Make an Italian Pudding.Beat half a score Eggs well with a Pint of Cream, add to them a Penny white Loaf grated, and a grated Nutmeg; mix them well together, then butter the Bottom of a Dish, and lay upon it half a score Pippins cut in slices, and a little Orange-peel, strew over them some fine Sugar, and pour on them half a Pint of Wine: Then put in your Pudding, lay over it a Puff-paste, and set it into the Oven, it will be done in half an Hour. Lay Paste also round the sides of the Dish. Monday’s Story … The Price of Cloves. Quotation for the Day … I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged ?Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial), First Century Roman poet.... | | By: The Old Foodie | | |
| | Jets Players Comment on Patriots Punishment | | 2007-09-14 22:43:02 | | Yahoo! Sports reports that Roger Goodell has the support of the New York Jets locker room in throwing down the iron fist of the Patriot’s cheating scandal.
“Since he first stepped into office, he has done a great job,” defensive end Shaun Ellis said. “He’s done a great job of setting everyone straight and setting the [...]... | | By: JetsCentral.com | | |
| | Swift Justice, Severe Punishment For Patriots, Belichick | | 2007-09-14 03:38:20 | | The verdict is in, and the punishment harsh for Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots In a statement -- see below -- NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell fined The Patriots 250K, Belichick himself $500K and docked the Pats a 1st Round pick, which would become a 2nd and 3rd round pick should the Pats not make the playoffs... Here is the statement from the League Office -- New England Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick has been fined the maximum amount under the NFL Constitution and By-Laws of $500,000 for violating league policy last Sunday on the use of equipment to videotape an opposing team's offensive or defensive signals, the NFL announced today. In addition, Commissioner Roger Goodell also notified the Patriots that they would forfeit their own first-round draft choice in 2008 if they reach the playoffs, or their own second-round and third-round picks if they do not qualify for the playoffs, and that the club would be fined $250,000. "This episode represents a calculat... | | By: Mile High Report | | |
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| Formula 1 - McLaren Escapes Without Punishment | | 2007-07-26 16:48:00 | | The FIA World Motor Sports Council decided not to penalize McLaren.The full FIA statement read: "An extraordinary meeting of the World Motor Sport Council was held in Paris on 26 July, 2007. The following decision was taken:“The WMSC is satisfied that Vodafone McLaren Mercedes was in possession of confidential Ferrari information and is therefore in breach of article 151c of the International Sporting Code. However, there is insufficient evidence that this information was used in such a way as to interfere improperly with the FIA Formula One World Championship. We therefore impose no penalty.“But if it is found in the future that the Ferrari information has been used to the detriment of the championship, we reserve the right to invite Vodafone McLaren Mercedes back in front of the WMSC where it will face the possibility of exclusion from not only the 2007 championship but also the 2008 championship.“The WMSC will also invite Mr Stepney and Mr Coughlan to show reason why they shou... | | By: Formula 1 And Stuff Around It | | |
| | Wash Park Crime and Punishment | | 2007-06-20 19:13:53 | | There is an interesting article at Wash park Prophet about Colorado’s Homicide statutes and proposals for their reform.
I should note that I am not a big fan of the death penalty, nor do I like the idea of justifying prison on the ground that it is a deterrent, but I don’t have time to go into either of those right now.... | | By: Hell's Handmaiden | | |
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