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Jan<hi rend='superscript'>y</hi> 1809<lb/><head>Peines</head><lb/>"On the other hand" (continues he) "if, | Jan<hi rend='superscript'>y</hi> 1809<lb/><head>Peines</head><lb/>"On the other hand" (continues he) "if, to reach these possible<lb/>"cases, the whole class of offences to which they belong Is<lb/>"subjected to pains of death, and no power of remitting this<lb/>"severity remain any where, the execution of the laws will<lb/>"become more sanguinary than the public compassion would<lb/>"<gap/>, or than is necessary to the general sevreity."<lb/><lb/>The case he has all along in view and to which<lb/>for the purpose of justifying it be all along <gap/> his<lb/>argument is the <gap/> which among the highest powers<lb/>he supposes to prevail - viz. for <add>one out of</add> every ten <add>judgments</add> instances<lb/><del>of <gap/></del> sentencing <del>to</del> a man to the punishment of<lb/>death, the law obeyed <add>conformed to</add> <del>to</del> on the part of them who have<lb/>mere obedience to it, disobeyed and dispensed with on<lb/> the other <gap/>. This <add>state of things</add> in his view <add>exhibits</add> is, as he presently<lb/>after declares, the very perfection of good policy: nor will<lb/>he permit himself to conceive as possible any other<lb/>course than that of <add>either</add> keepingas fact these emergency laws<lb/>exactly as they stand and giving <gap/> | ||
Jany 1809
Peines
"On the other hand" (continues he) "if, to reach these possible
"cases, the whole class of offences to which they belong Is
"subjected to pains of death, and no power of remitting this
"severity remain any where, the execution of the laws will
"become more sanguinary than the public compassion would
", or than is necessary to the general sevreity."
The case he has all along in view and to which
for the purpose of justifying it be all along his
argument is the which among the highest powers
he supposes to prevail - viz. for one out of every ten judgments instances
of sentencing to a man to the punishment of
death, the law obeyed conformed to to on the part of them who have
mere obedience to it, disobeyed and dispensed with on
the other . This state of things in his view exhibits is, as he presently
after declares, the very perfection of good policy: nor will
he permit himself to conceive as possible any other
course than that of either keepingas fact these emergency laws
exactly as they stand and giving
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