Does capital punishment tend to the security of the people? By no means. It hardens the hearts of men, and makes the loss of life appear light to them; and it renders life insecure, inasmuch as the law holds out that property is of greater value than life.

Elizabeth Fry

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Capital punishment Theory of punishment Criminal law Legal theory Law

Author

Elizabeth Fry

Language

English

Time

1848 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Reformer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Fry, Elizabeth. Note found among her papers. c. 1848.

Current Citation

Fry, Elizabeth. Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry, edited by Katharine Fry and Rachel Elizabeth Cresswell. Vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, 2011, ch. 10.

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Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Raven." New York Evening Mirror, 29 Jan. 1845, st. 1.

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John Locke

Two Treatises of Government

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Current Citation

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