I was not to go unpunished for my breach of professional ethics, though retribution was another two years coming.
However, in 1989 there were student demonstrations against corruption, and one of the demands was that 12 unpunished cases be brought to justice.
In cases where there are many contributors defectors often go unnoticed and unpunished.
Moreover, the majority of people against whom indictments or informations were filed went unpunished.
In many camps, crimes go unpunished because there is no adequate force to back up what rule of law does exist.
If silenced, not only would the rebels go unpunished, but history might interpret their actions in a favourable light.
Since serious cases were handled leniently, the offenders went unpunished and people who had been wronged did not dare to come forward.
Had the judge not been particularly shrewd, the culprit would have gone unpunished.
