speculative punishment theme
People convicted of crimes are punished within the confines of some legal framework in a novel, perhaps fantastical way that has likely never been used in the course of human history.
6 total · 3 major · 3 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| blackmirror-specialx1 | major | Joe's digital clone was punished by being left in a digital limbo for a virtual eternity. |
| movie: 30 Years to Life (1998) | major | Vinnie Dawson, a 15-year-old, was punished for a murder he didn't commit by being subjected to a process that aged him 30 years. |
| movie: A Clockwork Orange (1971) | major | Alex agreed to have his prison sentence commuted to a rather innovative and cruel treatment that would leave him unable to commit or endure violence again: He was secured to a chair with his eyes forcibly pinned open, then forced to watch countless hours of extreme violence. |
| movie: Reminiscence (2021) | minor | In the end Nick was punished for his crime by being forced to relive his memories of Mae, probably for the rest of his life. |
| rd1988e4x03 | minor | Rimmer, and anyone else in his jail cell for that matter, was subject to the following punishment: if you try to commit a crime, then the same consequences will happen to you. Lister put this to the test by lighting Rimmer's bed sheet on fire, and was immediately lit on fire himself. |
| voy4x10 | minor | B'Elanna was to have her violent thoughts removed from her brain. |