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    Capital Punishment
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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    CAPITAL PUNISHMENT imposition of...the state. History Capital punishment was widely applied in ancient...the modern era, capital punishment was practiced throughout...the abolition of capital punishment began in the 18th cent...Beccaria s Essay on Crimes and Punishments (1764). In Great Britain...
     
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    Corporal Punishment
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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    CORPORAL PUNISHMENT physical chastisement of...the death penalty (see capital punishment ), but the term usually refers to punishments like flogging, caning...against the use of corporal punishment was led in the late 17th...
     
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    Punishment
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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    PUNISHMENT see capital punishment ; corporal punishment ; criminal law ; prison . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
     
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    Criminal Law
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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    ...their nature, and provides for their punishment. A tort is a civil wrong committed...prosecuted by the state for the purpose of punishment. However, the fact that a particular...misdemeanor is an offense for which a punishment other than death or imprisonment in...
     
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    Sentence
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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    ...consist of fines, corporal punishment , imprisonment for varying...periods including life, or capital punishment , and sometimes combine...bans "cruel and unusual punishments" (effectively excluding corporal punishment), and exile and forfeiture...
     

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