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retribution for crime  

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  • Retributive punishment refers to punishment for a crime that is carried out for retributive reasons and is justified if there really are good retributive reasons for punishing crime. To get a clear sense of this notion, we need to explain what is meant by crime, punishment, and retribution. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism; Retribution for Crime]

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