In the book History of the Peloponnesian War (possibly the first historical text ever written.) There is a passage that remarks about how death does not deter c

In the book History of the Peloponnesian War (possibly the first historical text ever written.) There is a passage that remarks about how death does not deter crime. People have been trying to use death as punishment for most of human history and it hasn't made a difference. This was written in 431 BC.