The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of DeathLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 315 oldal |
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36. oldal
... EXPERIENCE shews , that in countries remarkable for the lenity of their laws , the spirit of the inhabitants is as much affected by slight penalties , as in other countries by severer punishments . If an inconvenience or abuse arises in ...
... EXPERIENCE shews , that in countries remarkable for the lenity of their laws , the spirit of the inhabitants is as much affected by slight penalties , as in other countries by severer punishments . If an inconvenience or abuse arises in ...
50. oldal
... experienced a diminution of crimes to the amount of one half , since the change of the penal system ; and the criminals have been restored , in a great proportion , from the gaol to the community , as reformed persons ; for few have ...
... experienced a diminution of crimes to the amount of one half , since the change of the penal system ; and the criminals have been restored , in a great proportion , from the gaol to the community , as reformed persons ; for few have ...
52. oldal
... experience . When I was in England the king depended much on his councils , and the government seemed to be chiefly supported by him ; for from his youth , he had been all along practised in affairs ; and having passed through many ...
... experience . When I was in England the king depended much on his councils , and the government seemed to be chiefly supported by him ; for from his youth , he had been all along practised in affairs ; and having passed through many ...
71. oldal
Basil Montagu. to renew their former practices , by the facility they experience in evading justice . But this is not ... experienced by society from the multitude of petty crimes , result in a great measure from this single circumstance ...
Basil Montagu. to renew their former practices , by the facility they experience in evading justice . But this is not ... experienced by society from the multitude of petty crimes , result in a great measure from this single circumstance ...
134. oldal
... experience shews the er o- neousness of this opinion , because in several European states , where the punishment of death is never inflicted but for the most atrocious crimes , these lesser offences are very rare ; while in England ...
... experience shews the er o- neousness of this opinion , because in several European states , where the punishment of death is never inflicted but for the most atrocious crimes , these lesser offences are very rare ; while in England ...
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288. oldal - Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in his own image.
17. oldal - It is a melancholy truth, that, among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than a hundred and sixty have been declared, by act of parliament, to be felonies without benefit of clergy ; or, in other words, to be worthy of instant death.
185. oldal - Than the soft myrtle: but man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.
5. oldal - ... therefore, rarely hinders the commission of a crime, but naturally and commonly prevents its detection, and is, if we proceed only upon prudential principles, chiefly for that reason to be avoided. Whatever may be urged by casuists or politicians, the greater part of mankind, as they can never think that to pick the pocket and to pierce the heart is equally criminal, will scarcely believe that two malefactors so different in guilt can be justly doomed to the same punishment...
119. oldal - Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? Do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same. For he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
5. oldal - He who knows not how often rigorous laws produce total impunity, and how many crimes are concealed and forgotten for fear of hurrying the offender to that state in which there is no repentance, has conversed very little with mankind.
16. oldal - If mathematical calculation could be applied to the obscure and infinite combinations of human actions, there might be a corresponding scale of punishments, descending from the greatest to the least: but it will be sufficient that the wise legislator mark the principal divisions, without disturbing the order, lest to crimes of the first degree be assigned punishments of the last.
2. oldal - The learned, the judicious, the pious Boerhaave relates that he never saw a criminal dragged to execution without asking himself: 'Who knows whether this man is not less culpable than me?' On the days when the prisons of this city are emptied into the grave let every spectator of the dreadful procession put the same question to his own heart.