That the purpose of criminal punishment should be to deter crime, rather than to exact retribution or revenge, and that punishment should be proportionate to the harm caused by the crime. He also advocated for the abolition of torture and the death penalty, and for the establishment of a fair and impartial criminal justice system.A powerful and influential statement on the principles of criminal justice, and continues to shape the way that lawyers and legal scholars think about crime and punishment in the modern world.contact us
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