The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death |
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... 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 bands in blood ; but when , by the last act of cruelty , no new danger is incurred , and greater security may be obtained , upon what principle shall we ...
... less . If only murder were punished with death , very few robbers would stain their bands in blood ; but when , by the last act of cruelty , no new danger is incurred , and greater security may be obtained , upon what principle shall we ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 persuasion ...
... 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 persuasion ...
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