unpunished
adjective
un·pun·ished
ˌən-ˈpə-nisht 
: not punished
an unpunished criminal/crime
an offense that should not be allowed to go unpunished
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Haiti ranks among the world’s third-worst offenders on the list of countries where the murders of journalists go unpunished, behind Syria and Somalia, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2023 Impunity Index.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
The killings made Haiti the world’s third-worst offender on the list of countries where the murders of journalists go unpunished, behind Syria and Somalia, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2023 Impunity Index.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
The killings made Haiti the world’s third-worst offender on the list of countries where the murders of journalists go unpunished, behind Syria and Somalia, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2023 Impunity Index.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
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“Unpunished.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpunished. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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