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I think that was viewed as a move towards leniency at the time, because often the crimes would previously have carried the death penalty.
by tomatocracy 4y ago
I think that was viewed as a move towards leniency at the time, because often the crimes would previously have carried the death penalty.
- yywwbbn 4y agoOr being put on a prison hulk with up to 30% yearly death rates. Also at least in Britain the number of capital crimes increased almost exponentially in the late 17th and the 18th centuries. So I’m not sure that’s quite right.