"Some instances of individual wrong have, as at other times, taken place, but in nowise implicating the will of the nation."Jefferson quote source: Eighth Annual Message. November 8, 1808.
Showing posts with label Crime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crime. Show all posts
Friday
Individual Punishments For Individual Acts
Sunday
On Crime
"It is not only vain, but wicked, in a legislator to frame laws in opposition to the laws of nature, and to arm them with the terrors of death. This is truly creating crimes in order to punish them."(Emphasis added to Jefferson quote by Double Birds)
Jefferson quote source: A Bill for Proportioning Crimes and Punishments, Section XXVIII, footnote.
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