Islam also guarantees the protection of private property by imposing stringent punishments on thieves.

That was a pretty stringent punishment.

Lawmakers were convinced that district attorneys were better equipped to prosecute violent juveniles and insisted on more stringent punishment.

Edward A. Stolzenberg, the medical center's president, said that one nurse had resigned and that the hospital was seeking "stringent punishment, including dismissals" for the others.

As a result, several students were expelled, and more stringent punishments were handed down to the perpetrators.

The couple were reportedly advised to admit the sedition charges in an attempt to win a less stringent punishment.

Those who push for ever more stringent punishment for child killers must be pleased with the results in Florida.

He then inflicted a stringent punishment on the landowners of Chalcis, who lost their properties.

The law prescribes sufficiently stringent punishments of up to 15 years' imprisonment, which are commensurate with penalties prescribed for other serious crimes, such as rape.

Japanese law enforcement authorities endeavor to control this problem by extensive coordination with international investigative organizations and stringent punishment of Japanese and foreign offenders.