The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1813 - Capital punishment |
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... severity 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 ...
... severity 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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... severity of the law , which punishes the robbing of bleach - greens with death , offences of this kind continue to be multiplied , owing in great measure to the lenity of prosecutors , the unwillingness of juries to convict , and the ...
... severity of the law , which punishes the robbing of bleach - greens with death , offences of this kind continue to be multiplied , owing in great measure to the lenity of prosecutors , the unwillingness of juries to convict , and the ...
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... severity of pu- nishment , crimes would be diminished , and your Petitioners ' pro- perty better secured : they therefore humbly pray , that Parlia- ment may in its wisdom alter the punishment of death , in case of robbing Bleach ...
... severity of pu- nishment , crimes would be diminished , and your Petitioners ' pro- perty better secured : they therefore humbly pray , that Parlia- ment may in its wisdom alter the punishment of death , in case of robbing Bleach ...
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... severity of the existing laws , their property is now exposed , I think it right to move for leave to bring in a bill to repeal so much of an act passed in the third year of his present Majesty as takes away the benefit of clergy from ...
... severity of the existing laws , their property is now exposed , I think it right to move for leave to bring in a bill to repeal so much of an act passed in the third year of his present Majesty as takes away the benefit of clergy from ...
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... severity of our laws it might be imagined that the humanity of this country had lately been degraded by some act of cruelty that something had met the eye or shocked our feel- ings : -Where has any waste of life been observed ? where ...
... severity of our laws it might be imagined that the humanity of this country had lately been degraded by some act of cruelty that something had met the eye or shocked our feel- ings : -Where has any waste of life been observed ? where ...
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