Complex sentence: Sanctions for eye-gouging have been subject to debate depending on interpretation by the presiding disciplinary officers, and punishments in the Northern Hemisphere are seen by some journalists as being harsher than those for similar offenses seen in Southern Hemisphere countries.
Split into simpler sentences: Sanctions for eye-gouging have been subject to debate depending on interpretation by presiding disciplinary officers. Punishments in the Northern Hemisphere are seen by some journalists as being harsher than those for similar offenses seen in Southern Hemisphere countries.