"The law could not punish the men who forced him to his final step."

To see the problem clearly, you must understand that the law does not punish an innocent person.

"None of this is going to do any good unless the law punishes them," he said.

If he's broken the law, the law will punish him.

The law has always protected the "haves" and punished those who have nothing.

This law punished people who helped slaves run away.

What form of justice would most persuade the victims to let the law, rather than civilian violence, punish the accused?

We need a law to punish those who accept the leak and disseminate it.

Hate-crime laws do not punish people for what they think; prejudice is legal.

The old laws punishing murder have been repealed as being, in themselves, violent.