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Reply #17: That concept- punishment fitting the crime- is ancient. [View All]

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X_Digger

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Wed Aug-11-10 08:49 PM
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17. That concept- punishment fitting the crime- is ancient.

Hammurabi's code had it.

Hell, it's one of the core principles of western philosophy w/r/t justice.

"Judicial punishment can never be used merely as a means to promote some other good for the criminal himself or for civil society, but instead it must in all cases be imposed on him only on the ground that he has committed a crime."

Immanuel Kant, The Metaphysical Elements of Justice

So much for 'Equal Protection under the Law'.

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