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New York; 1802: Eddy,<lb/><note>N<hi rend='superscript'>o</hi> 3<lb/></note><lb/>Page 58. "It is certain also, that under the present system of<lb/>"punishment, a much less number of offenders escape conviction.<lb/>"<hi rend='underline'>Individuals do not</hi>, from a sense of the terrible consequences to the<lb/>"party, <hi rend='underline'>refuse to prosecute</hi>; nor <hi rend='underline'>juries</hi>, from motives of compassion,<lb/>"<hi rend='underline'>forbear to convict</hi> the guilty. This is a most salutary consequence<lb/>"of the amelioration of our | <head>Letter 2<hi rend='superscript'>d</hi> or 3</head> | ||
<p><note>XIII Crimes <gap/> Death. <del>XV D</del> Crimes <gap/> Prosecution ready</note> New York; 1802: Eddy,<lb/><note>N<hi rend='superscript'>o</hi> 3<lb/></note><lb/>Page 58. "It is certain also, that under the present system of <lb/>"punishment, a much less number of offenders escape conviction.<lb/>"<hi rend='underline'>Individuals do not</hi>, from a sense of the terrible consequences to the<lb/>"party, <hi rend='underline'>refuse to prosecute</hi>; nor <hi rend='underline'>juries</hi>, from motives of compassion,<lb/>"<hi rend='underline'>forbear to convict</hi> the guilty. This is a most salutary consequence<lb/>"of the amelioration of our penallaws —</p> | |||
<p><note>N<hi rend='superscript'>o</hi> 1</note> <del><gap/>;</del> <add>Philadelphia</add> 1793: <gap/> p. 92. "Juries are not now unwilling to<lb/>"convict; and pardons are not granted till they [the prisoners]<lb/>"discover some appearances of amendment. <note>the <gap/> <gap/> of it <gap/> spoken of</note></p> | |||
<p><note>N<hi rend='superscript'>o</hi> 2</note> Philadelphia; 1795. Liancourt, p. 29. "Juries, who naturally feel<lb/>"repugnant to the punishment of death, & incline rather to doubt <note>a few <unclear>comments</unclear> which every <gap/> be left without is <gap/> of:</note><lb/>"of, than add strength to the evidence adduced, when they find, as is<lb/>"now the case, the punishment proportioned to the crime, and<lb/>"are convinced of the utility of the scheme, will be less averse<lb/>"to investigate & and admit the proofs of guilt. The executive also<lb/>"has no sufficient motive to pardon a convict previous to the<lb/>"execution of his sentence, since at any time he has the power<lb/>"of doing it, after the criminal has demonstrated that he is<lb/>"worthy of the indulgence. <hi rend='underline'>This certainty of punishment has</hi><lb/><hi rend='underline'>"already proved a great check upon criminality".</hi></p> | |||
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Letter 2d or 3
XIII Crimes Death. XV D Crimes Prosecution ready New York; 1802: Eddy,
No 3
Page 58. "It is certain also, that under the present system of
"punishment, a much less number of offenders escape conviction.
"Individuals do not, from a sense of the terrible consequences to the
"party, refuse to prosecute; nor juries, from motives of compassion,
"forbear to convict the guilty. This is a most salutary consequence
"of the amelioration of our penallaws —
No 1 ; Philadelphia 1793: p. 92. "Juries are not now unwilling to
"convict; and pardons are not granted till they [the prisoners]
"discover some appearances of amendment. the of it spoken of
No 2 Philadelphia; 1795. Liancourt, p. 29. "Juries, who naturally feel
"repugnant to the punishment of death, & incline rather to doubt a few comments which every be left without is of:
"of, than add strength to the evidence adduced, when they find, as is
"now the case, the punishment proportioned to the crime, and
"are convinced of the utility of the scheme, will be less averse
"to investigate & and admit the proofs of guilt. The executive also
"has no sufficient motive to pardon a convict previous to the
"execution of his sentence, since at any time he has the power
"of doing it, after the criminal has demonstrated that he is
"worthy of the indulgence. This certainty of punishment has
"already proved a great check upon criminality".
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