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"The <unclear>latter</unclear> of which two methods (continues the Reverend<lb/> | "The <unclear>latter</unclear> of which two methods (continues the Reverend<lb/> | ||
Doctor) "has been long adopted in this country, where, of | Doctor) "has been long adopted in this country, where, of those<lb/> | ||
"who receive sentence of death scarcely one in ten is executed | "who receive sentence of death scarcely one in ten is executed | ||
<gap/><lb/> | <gap/><lb/> | ||
<del>in this practice</del> | <del>in this practice</del> Such is the <gap/> <unclear>germ</unclear> of the practice:<lb/> | ||
and worse, under the notice of an indication of an | and worse, under the notice of an indication of an <lb/> | ||
<gap/> by which the conduct of the authors of this state of<lb/> | |||
things may have been determined, comes a justification of<lb/> | |||
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"And the preference of this to the former method (as if there<lb/> | |||
"were no other) seems to be founded on the consideration, that<lb/> | |||
"the selection of proper <unclear>Subjects</unclear> for capital punishment principally<lb/> | |||
"depends upon circumstances, about, however easy to perceive<lb/> | |||
"in each particular case after the crime is committed, it<lb/> | |||
"is impossible to enumerate in defence beforehand; in to | |||
"ascertain however with that exactness which is required | |||
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"The latter of which two methods (continues the Reverend
Doctor) "has been long adopted in this country, where, of those
"who receive sentence of death scarcely one in ten is executed
in this practice Such is the germ of the practice:
and worse, under the notice of an indication of an
by which the conduct of the authors of this state of
things may have been determined, comes a justification of
it
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"And the preference of this to the former method (as if there
"were no other) seems to be founded on the consideration, that
"the selection of proper Subjects for capital punishment principally
"depends upon circumstances, about, however easy to perceive
"in each particular case after the crime is committed, it
"is impossible to enumerate in defence beforehand; in to
"ascertain however with that exactness which is required
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law versus arbitrary power (a hatchet for dr paley's net) |
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jeremy bentham |
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