The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death |
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Page 47
... reform of the crimi- nal code . This reform , however , was not carried , in the opinion of the society , to a sufficient length . Accordingly they took the lead again , and exerted themselves afresh upon th this subject . Many of them ...
... reform of the crimi- nal code . This reform , however , was not carried , in the opinion of the society , to a sufficient length . Accordingly they took the lead again , and exerted themselves afresh upon th this subject . Many of them ...
Page 50
... reform- ation bas taken place in any individual , have a power of interceding for his enlargement , and the executive govern- ment of granting it , if they think it proper .. In cases , where the prisoners are refractory , they are ...
... reform- ation bas taken place in any individual , have a power of interceding for his enlargement , and the executive govern- ment of granting it , if they think it proper .. In cases , where the prisoners are refractory , they are ...
Page 62
... Reform of the Law of England , he states the various Objections which will be urged against the Reform . Obj . I. That it is a thing needless : and that the law , as it now is , is in good estate comparable to any foreign law . Resp ...
... Reform of the Law of England , he states the various Objections which will be urged against the Reform . Obj . I. That it is a thing needless : and that the law , as it now is , is in good estate comparable to any foreign law . Resp ...
Page 135
... reform , they must corrupt . ยง The spectators of them become familiarized with bloodshed , and learn to look upon the destruction of a fellow - creature with unfeeling indifference . They think , as the laws teach them to think , that ...
... reform , they must corrupt . ยง The spectators of them become familiarized with bloodshed , and learn to look upon the destruction of a fellow - creature with unfeeling indifference . They think , as the laws teach them to think , that ...
Page 153
... reform ; ; when all his principles which favored humanity , would be rejected , and those alone would be adopted , which , being applied to the existing laws , could serve but to aggravate their severities , and to multiply their ...
... reform ; ; when all his principles which favored humanity , would be rejected , and those alone would be adopted , which , being applied to the existing laws , could serve but to aggravate their severities , and to multiply their ...
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