The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death |
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... mercy towards a man , who listened to my voice when I begged for mercy from him . If he could have been deaf to my cry , I should now be in my grave , and he in the bosom of a respectable family , with the wife who believed him virtuous ...
... mercy towards a man , who listened to my voice when I begged for mercy from him . If he could have been deaf to my cry , I should now be in my grave , and he in the bosom of a respectable family , with the wife who believed him virtuous ...
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... mercy . Rambler , No. 114 , April 20th , 1751 . SIR W. BLACKSTONE . Published in the Year 1765 . Ix proportion to the importance of the criminal law , ought also to be the care and attention of the legislature in properly forming and ...
... mercy . Rambler , No. 114 , April 20th , 1751 . SIR W. BLACKSTONE . Published in the Year 1765 . Ix proportion to the importance of the criminal law , ought also to be the care and attention of the legislature in properly forming and ...
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... mercy . Among so many chances of escaping , the needy and hardened offender overlooks the multi- tude that suffer ; he boldly engages in some desperate attempt , to relieve his wants or supply his vices ; and , if unexpectedly the hand ...
... mercy . Among so many chances of escaping , the needy and hardened offender overlooks the multi- tude that suffer ; he boldly engages in some desperate attempt , to relieve his wants or supply his vices ; and , if unexpectedly the hand ...
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... mercy takes the place of severity , or as there are judicious substitutes for the punishment of death . I shall not inquire , in this place , how far the right of taking away life on many occasions , which is sanctioned by the law of ...
... mercy takes the place of severity , or as there are judicious substitutes for the punishment of death . I shall not inquire , in this place , how far the right of taking away life on many occasions , which is sanctioned by the law of ...
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... only fined , and not put to death for theft ; we cannot imagine that in this new law of mercy , in which God treats us with the tenderness of a father , he has given us a greater licence to cruelty than he did 54 SIR THOMAS MORE .
... only fined , and not put to death for theft ; we cannot imagine that in this new law of mercy , in which God treats us with the tenderness of a father , he has given us a greater licence to cruelty than he did 54 SIR THOMAS MORE .
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