It's the Certainty Rather than the Severity of Punishment That Prevents Crime V. 1

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1 It's the Certainty Rather than the Severity of Punishment That Prevents Crime [1] (1927)

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IT'S THE CERTAINTY

RATHER THAN THE SEVERITY

OF PUNISHMENT

THAT PREVENTS CRIME

HENRY WARD BEECHER said:
Capital punishment does not answer the
ends of justice, and often defeats them. While
the fear of hanging does not deter men from
crime, the fear of inflicting death deters many
a jury from finding a just verdict and favors
the escape of criminals. It is the rude justice
of a barbarous age.

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