The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1813 - Capital punishment |
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... 1810 , " It is not by the fear of death but by exciting in the community a sentiment of horror against any particular act that we can hope to deter * Beginning at page 373 . offenders from committing it : and , although the threat PREFACE .
... 1810 , " It is not by the fear of death but by exciting in the community a sentiment of horror against any particular act that we can hope to deter * Beginning at page 373 . offenders from committing it : and , although the threat PREFACE .
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... deterred .-- I knew that my motives must occasionally be misun- derstood by some , and might , possibly , be misrepresented by others ; I was not blind to the road where prudence pointed to pre- 1 ferment ; but I am not to be misled ...
... deterred .-- I knew that my motives must occasionally be misun- derstood by some , and might , possibly , be misrepresented by others ; I was not blind to the road where prudence pointed to pre- 1 ferment ; but I am not to be misled ...
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... deterring prosecu- tors from appearing , witnesses from speaking the whole truth , juries from convicting and the judges from executing the law . It did not require much knowledge of human nature to predict that an increase of ...
... deterring prosecu- tors from appearing , witnesses from speaking the whole truth , juries from convicting and the judges from executing the law . It did not require much knowledge of human nature to predict that an increase of ...
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... deter from evil and regulate the application of them according to the exigency of oc- casions . This course is the most beneficial to mankind . When laws have so operated as to form the manners and character of a people ( which is their ...
... deter from evil and regulate the application of them according to the exigency of oc- casions . This course is the most beneficial to mankind . When laws have so operated as to form the manners and character of a people ( which is their ...
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... deter from the action . We must all remem- ber when first these subjects were brought under our consideration , and before we understood that human laws proceeded from hu- man necessities , how much we have been shocked at the seem- ing ...
... deter from the action . We must all remem- ber when first these subjects were brought under our consideration , and before we understood that human laws proceeded from hu- man necessities , how much we have been shocked at the seem- ing ...
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