Punishment is not always the issue. Criminals can be imprisoned to protect society, fined to repay the damages they caused or made to work to better society (public service).
I am not sure what your question is asking, but the judicial branch and the justice department can punish.
some times . i think they use to do that . i think there all kinds of jails.
Laws
The quote "Where any slave shall be guilty of running away, it shall be lawful for any person or persons to apprehend and deliver such slave to the owner, and that the said owner shall have full power and authority to get, or recover, his said slave by proving his property" was from a 1705 Virginia colonial law called the Virginia Slave Code. It was one of the early legal codes that regulated the institution of slavery in the American colonies.
Treason
The laws are made by government officials. The power to carry out the laws are given to law enforcement officials, including police officers.
Prince Escalus is angered by the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues. He warns the families that future fighting would be punished by death.
A slave code
This statement is most likely from a historical document or law related to slavery in the United States, particularly in the 18th or 19th century when such punishments were common.
Yes
if the sisters are conjoined (siamese twins), then punishing the guilty sister would punish the innocent one too.
The Texians (peoples not originally from Texas) were guilty of treason for declaring their independance from Mexico. Similar to how colonial Americans were considered to be guilty of treason by the Brittish.