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much inferior <del>will be produced hereafter</del>to this | <p>much inferior <del>will</del> <del>be</del> <del>produced</del> <del>hereafter</del> to this supposed<lb/> one, will be produced hereafter.<lb/></p> | ||
<p>If from one third the Fine were to be increased<lb/> to two thirds, the Law instead of being better<lb/> would now be just as bad again as it was before—<lb/> it is still as true as ever, that after the punishment<lb/><sic>suffer'd</sic>and over, it is always worth a Man's while<lb/> to commit the Crime whenever he has the Opportunity:<lb/> and the Misery of the Criminal is doubled.<lb/></p><p>Universally therefore the Inexpediency of the<lb/> Law is inversely as the Magnitude of the Punishment,<lb/> up to the very Point at which that punishment<lb/> has risen to an Equality with the Profit of<lb/> the Crime."<lb/></p> | |||
<p>7. Where the Act prohibited is such as would produce<lb/> Unhappiness in the Community, and less<lb/> than the Penalty actually annexed to it—; but not<lb/> less than one might be substituted in it's<lb/> Room.<lb/></p><p>Such I conceive to be the Laws inflicting capital<lb/> Punishments on Thefts.<lb/></p> | |||
<p>Here the Law simply & absolutely <add>considered</add><lb/></p> | |||
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much inferior will be produced hereafter to this supposed
one, will be produced hereafter.
If from one third the Fine were to be increased
to two thirds, the Law instead of being better
would now be just as bad again as it was before—
it is still as true as ever, that after the punishment
suffer'dand over, it is always worth a Man's while
to commit the Crime whenever he has the Opportunity:
and the Misery of the Criminal is doubled.
Universally therefore the Inexpediency of the
Law is inversely as the Magnitude of the Punishment,
up to the very Point at which that punishment
has risen to an Equality with the Profit of
the Crime."
7. Where the Act prohibited is such as would produce
Unhappiness in the Community, and less
than the Penalty actually annexed to it—; but not
less than one might be substituted in it's
Room.
Such I conceive to be the Laws inflicting capital
Punishments on Thefts.
Here the Law simply & absolutely considered
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caroline vernon |
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