Corporal punishment

From the Encyclopedia Galactica:

Definition of CORPORAL PUNISHMENT This punishment involves the deliberate infliction of pain as retribution for an offence, or for the purpose of disciplining or reforming a wrongdoer, or to deter attitudes or behaviour deemed unacceptable. The term usually refers to methodically striking the offender with the open hand or with an implement, whether in judicial, domestic, or educational settings.
 * Punishment applied to the body of an offender including the death penalty, whipping, and imprisonment.
 * Punishment administered by an adult (as a parent or a teacher) to the body of a child ranging in severity from a slap to a spanking.

Types
 Corporal punishment may be divided into three main types:
 *  Parental  or domestic corporal punishment: within the family—typically, children punished by parents or guardians;
 *  School corporal punishment  : within schools, when students are punished by teachers or school administrators, or, in the past, apprentices by master craftsmen;
 *  Judicial corporal punishment  : as part of a criminal sentence ordered by a court of law. Closely related is prison corporal punishment or disciplinary corporal punishment, ordered by prison authorities or carried out directly by staff.

Union Judicial Corporal Punishment Law
Corporal punishment was reintroduced in 3500 OTT for severe crimes committed by military personnel. Thirty five lashes is the maximum punishment that may be administered without going before a Court Martial tribunal.

For crimes prosecuted by local authorities: If the verdict is guilty and involves any imprisonment or corporal punishments including death, the case must be presented to a Union Court who will either request it to be reopened and a federal investigation to be carried out, or verify the verdict.