Beccaria's influential argument against torture and the death penalty, calling for punishment that is proportionate, certain, and humane. It founded modern criminal-justice reform.
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Beccaria's influential argument against torture and the death penalty, calling for punishment that is proportionate, certain, and humane. It founded modern criminal-justice reform.