The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death, 1. kötetLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 315 oldal |
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2. oldal
... less culpable than me ? " On the days when the prisons of this city are emptied into the grave , let every spectator of the dreadful pro- cession put the same question to his own heart . Few among those that croud in thousands to the ...
... less culpable than me ? " On the days when the prisons of this city are emptied into the grave , let every spectator of the dreadful pro- cession put the same question to his own heart . Few among those that croud in thousands to the ...
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... less . If only murder were punished with death , very few robbers would stain their hands in blood ; but when , by the last act of cruelty , no new danger is incurred , and greater security may be obtained , what principle shall we bid ...
... less . If only murder were punished with death , very few robbers would stain their hands in blood ; but when , by the last act of cruelty , no new danger is incurred , and greater security may be obtained , what principle shall we bid ...
5. oldal
... less powerful or less extensive . If those , whom the wisdom of our laws have condemned to die , had been detected in their rudiments of robbery , they might , by proper discipline and useful labour , have been disentangled from their ...
... less powerful or less extensive . If those , whom the wisdom of our laws have condemned to die , had been detected in their rudiments of robbery , they might , by proper discipline and useful labour , have been disentangled from their ...
9. oldal
... less uncertain and arbitrary ; where all our accusations are public , and our trials in the face of the world ; where torture is unknown , and every delinquent is judged by such of his equals against whom he can form no ex- ception ...
... less uncertain and arbitrary ; where all our accusations are public , and our trials in the face of the world ; where torture is unknown , and every delinquent is judged by such of his equals against whom he can form no ex- ception ...
13. oldal
... less civilized , less social , less secure ? And yet we are assured , that neither of these illus- trious princesses have , throughout their whole administration , inflicted the penalty of death : and the latter has , upon full ...
... less civilized , less social , less secure ? And yet we are assured , that neither of these illus- trious princesses have , throughout their whole administration , inflicted the penalty of death : and the latter has , upon full ...
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Acquitted appears attended Author barbarous Beccaria benefit of clergy blood boards bound burglary capital offences capital punishments committed condemned consequence considered containing convicted crimes crimes and punishments criminal law cruelty danger degree delinquent dreadful Edition effect elegant embellished England escape evil example fear felony forgery French hath human impunity inflicted injury instance JAMES PARKINSON judge jury justice labour larceny legislator legislature less liberty Lord magistrate mankind manner Marquis of Beccaria ment mercy mind Montesquieu moral murder nation nature necessary never nishment object observed occasion Old Bailey pardon penal laws penalties persons Petty Treason prevent principles prison proportion published by Sherwood punished with death punishment of death racter reason reform render reprieve respect robbed robbery sanguinary sentence sentiments severity society spectators statutes stealing suffer terror theft thing tion transportation Volume whole writer