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Fleshing this out, however, please clarify: are you suggesting these benchmarks are applied to each situation and a different $ amount assigned for each individual penalty? We're going to end up with a debate ensuing for every penalty we try to hand out. I just don't see how you can fairly quantify the results after considering those benchmarks.
I think first time offenders should have the penalty waived - after that, why can't we give everyone the same, standard $ amount as defined in the rules?
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Sorry, I was not advocating for each case to be assessed different amounts. I guess I was thinking that if we had a precedent (or a clearly defined rule that was applicable) then that should be option 1. For more nebulous cases I would say we want to apply the criteria listed above to determine the most appropriate penalty.
BTW, I also agree that first time offenders get a pass. Thanks!