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f not as a ^ vindictive retribution for - •^ P £ ft acjiep , i > vtt 9 as a preven-Jivm 0 f that action i n future , ' ^ Shd , Capital punishment is
unji ^ tifiabiey where it produces no h 3 & ;\ Capita ?! punishment is unj ujsiji £ ablev , where ^ producing a good ¦ c | Tett that cfftct might have been . produced by milder
meansdB ^ ibe ^ t § rm Capital Punish - rneftt , I understand simply , the bereding , : £ te guilty person of ex * istgncfy without supposing it accompanied . wilh any . of . those horridrifoito '^ es : which * a :
demonjac ^ l dif ^ imaf txiaking others miscr ^ fei ^ has sometimes induced men m ^ p ^ er to supera 4 d to the pains of ^ cfeat h ; . The ab ettors of this ffi ^ ©/ ^ punishment :, defend their proceed i | j g& , by likening the uljuitUo a ; dead branch oe diseased ] int& ^ which it is found neces * sa ? y , to cut off , in or ^ er to pre > serv r e ; fcbe health of the other mem *
ber ^ bjut befure tbc analogy will ' jbojd , it is for them to shew that a - maihinay beso far sunk im crimes ? as to be utterly irrqclaimable , and thc ^ v to proves that the inclivi - d \ xpfc on vvhom - they iuAict death s
^ is ^ t ^ tthis pitch ^ of deprayity . With reg ^ ftd t 0 the first 4 >^ rt to be provu ied ^ J ^ think ttee < ieiaon ^ tration will ) be |^^ iid Irafcher di $ ieuk ; hunger can 4 » rmjp a Jioiv &nd will , it be t a&id ibiaJLmG czntmt tame a being
% capybk af judging between right , fOK ^> \\ ix > fig ; bo ; man in whatever . sjta ^ h ^ ibfe ^ whether of moml e ^ u ccJkwcejor , of moral dtgradation ^ caa > chx ) osu pam asv sucfe ; ac ting 4 i
upoathis piiocipi ^ Vbhall be like ^ t Ato ? GlwoM mce by tfee cer-• iaintX ^^«« than by ih « severity , of our puiusluntuts tfiSdv example , sufifWl ^ ^ -ddreqfcJfui punishftiicnl , mGk i \ J&n&m ^^ & ^ to the
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commission of a erime , and sui . pose that from ¦ sotae caule- ' r other , and the leniency of juries kings' pardons and flaws in the indictment , furnish many exam ptes of such causes ; ' suppose " I say , that from some cause or other , one out of every three guilty persons cscapis that punishment - will not a man be more encouraged to- commit the crfrne , from the
cbance of escape , however cruel the punishment ^ than if the chance were as one to ten only and a less cruel punishment at . tached to it ? It appears that this would be the case , for any punishment to the self . condemned
wretch must be exquisitely pain , ful . To return to the likeoe& mentioned above , and eve'ngrants ing the analogy , will not the con . scieniious surgeon do every tbirig in his power to save a diseWed limb ? or will he peffotin
amputation , till he is cerfain mat ifo linnb never can recoveT ; atid that by remaining- ' with the body , It will o » ly tend to hasten the di&oi lution of the latter ? But if our
care for a limb be so great , hotf much greater care should we shew for a whole body ! and hotr scrupulously ought tnen to be ex . eluded from the magistracy , ^ hoti
iscanty education orconfirmed pre . judices , give any cause to suspect their abilities in filling those tfa . tions , so unquestionably i ^ P ' taut ! for magistrates , tto # they have not the power of pun * i ^ hing with deaths yet by ifijo ^ - cious treatment with regard to
lesser criminals , may , *»« & doubt s however uninf ^ titionall ^ oftep do , pave the Way ^ \ ?^ comtnSttingcrimescif greater effl * luityv ¦¦¦ ' '¦¦ f " ; " ' " ' ; . A ; . Another recoil allege * \> f W
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642 On Capital Punhhmtnts .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1811, page 642, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2422/page/2/
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