<P> Belief that an individual's ultimate punishment is being sent by God, the highest authority, to an existence in Hell, a place believed to exist in the after - life, typically corresponds to sins committed during their life . Sometimes these distinctions are specific, with damned souls suffering for each sin committed (see for example Plato's myth of Er or Dante's The Divine Comedy), but sometimes they are general, with condemned sinners relegated to one or more chamber of Hell or to a level of suffering . </P> <P> In many religious cultures, including Christianity and Islam, Hell is traditionally depicted as fiery and painful, inflicting guilt and suffering . Despite these common depictions of Hell as a place of fire, some other traditions portray Hell as cold . Buddhist--and particularly Tibetan Buddhist--descriptions of hell feature an equal number of hot and cold hells . Among Christian descriptions Dante's Inferno portrays the innermost (9th) circle of Hell as a frozen lake of blood and guilt . But cold also played a part in earlier Christian depictions of hell, beginning with the Apocalypse of Paul, originally from the early third century; the "Vision of Dryhthelm" by the Venerable Bede from the seventh century; "St Patrick's Purgatory", "The Vision of Tundale" or "Visio Tnugdali", and the "Vision of the Monk of Enysham", all from the twelfth century; and the "Vision of Thurkill" from the early thirteenth century . </P> <P> A principle often mentioned with respect to the degree of punishment to be meted out is that the punishment should match the crime . One standard for measurement is the degree to which a crime affects others or society . Measurements of the degree of seriousness of a crime have been developed . A felony is generally considered to be a crime of "high seriousness", while a misdemeanor is not . </P> <P> There are many possible reasons that might be given to justify or explain why someone ought to be punished; here follows a broad outline of typical, possibly conflicting, justifications . </P>

What principle states that the punishment should fit the crime
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