1.   Clinton has denied that charge, adding that punishing criminals will not, by itself, solve the problem of gun violence.

2.   If the government had to choose, it should concentrate more on punishing criminals or it should concentrate more on trying to reform criminals.

3.   The government also noted that Imbriani, a former Somerset County prosecutor, had made a particular show of punishing white-collar criminals.

4.   Traumatized, young Bruce vowed to avenge their deaths by punishing criminals everywhere.

5.   Project Exile focuses on punishing criminals with stiff mandatory sentences without parole when convicted of a crime involving a gun.