Assertion: proper punishment | /r/CapableOf | inflict penalty
Facets:
value: on the perpetrators of wrongdoing
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Thus it seems that a proper punishment should inflict a penalty on the perpetrators of wrongdoing, but one that is appropriate in a Goldilocks way of being neither too harsh nor not harsh enough (i.e., not a "mere slap on the wrist" if even that much).