suspended animation punishment theme

People convicted of crimes are frozen by means of cryogenic technology for some time and as a punishment.

9 total · 9 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
futurama7x14 minor The Planet Express crew delivered a cryonically suspended prisoner to jail.
movie: Demolition Man (1993) minor Both Sergeant Spartan and Simon Phoenix were sentenced to lengthy terms in a cryo-penitentiary for their respective roles in a hostage situation that ended badly.
movie: Immortal (2004) minor It was explained that Nikopol spent some or all of his incarceration in deep freeze.
movie: Knight Rider 2000 (1991) minor Nationwide budget changes had resulted in the adoption of cryonic suspension over standard incarceration for convicted criminals.
movie: Project Shadowchaser (1992) minor Desilva was mistakenly revived 24 months in to his cryonic imprisonment and pardoned.
movie: TekWar: TekJustice (1994) minor Jake was facing life in cryogenic suspension, if found guilty in his trial for the murder of Bennett Sands.
movie: TekWar: The Movie (1994) minor Jake completed a four year, three month, and 27 day sentence in cryogenic incarceration for dealing in Tek and for murder.
rd1988e1x01 minor Lister was put into stasis for 18 months as punishment for not revealing the whereabouts of his cat to Captain Hollister. But in a twist, he instead woke up three million years in the future.
voy3x13 minor Wixiban was looking at a 50 year stretch in cryostasis for his role in smuggling a narcotic onto the space station.