Chapter 15. Deviancy in the Late Middle Ages: The Crimes and Punishment of Gilles de RaisLia B. Ross
The punishment for these offenses was quite uniform: death. Of course, the opinions and practices of our society have changed over the centuries, and today's petty thieves no longer need fear the executioner's noose. Are They Treated Differently Today? While crimes mala in se remain, in ...
The Bodmin Gaol registers and Quarter Sessions records (see the Crime and Punishment, Law and Order page) contain numerous references to people sentenced to be transported overseas. Kovlyvrow Prison Bosvena ha kovadhow Esedhogow Trymisyek (mir orth folen Galweyth ha Kessydhyans, Lagha hag ...
Todd Hodne did not fit within Paterno's system of crime and punishment. Paterno liked to make an example of players who had gotten into trouble, lecturing the team even as the players did their penance. But he had nothing instructive to...
The first scaffold erected in that gently mannered island would arise for Gabriel, and that ignominious punishment tarnish the whole population and imprint upon it the first brand of disgrace. By a sad transition, which yet comes so easily in the destiny of man, the poor father grew to long...
We have to remove shame and religious brainwashing from the equation and focus on protecting life. I also think if we agree life is sacred and By God we have to also remove capital Punishment. Life is either valued or not. Life in prison seems more of a deterrent than a quick death in...
re conflating two different types of justice,” I said (rough reconstruction). “Eye for an eye justice isn’t deterrence, it’s retributive justice, and the two are radically different. Retributive justice selects punishments with the goal of inflicting some punishment on the guilty party in ...
Shi said that protection, education and control are indispensable when dealing with minors. For those who committed minor crimes, the procuratorates give priority to education or lenient punishment or conditionally exempt them from prosecution, Shi said. ...
the mass execution of Danes by the English in 1002, attempts by the Czechs to rid their territories of Germans in the Middle Ages, the expulsion of Jews from Spain in the 15th century, and the forced displacement of Native Americans by white settlers inNorth Americain the 18th and 19th ...
Gary Gilmore, American murderer whose 1977 execution in Utah ended a de facto nationwide moratorium on capital punishment that had lasted nearly 10 years. His case also attracted widespread attention because Gilmore resisted efforts made on his behalf to