Droit Criminel: De L’Horreur des executions a mort

by Jules Doublet De Boisthibault

$850 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

Toulouse: J.-H. Causse, 1836. 8vo. 23 pp. ONLY EDITION. Modern green boards. Some minor foxing, but a good, crisp copy. Item #18721 Only edition of this essay calling for the abolishment of the death penalty in France. The author, a lawyer and prison reformer, argues that execution does not deter repeat criminals from committing future crimes and that torture only tests the ability of

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