Against the Death Penalty

The first known abolitionist critique of the death penalty-here for the first time in EnglishIn 1764, a Milanese aristocrat named Cesare Beccaria created a sensation when he published On Crimes and Punishments. At its centre is a rejection of the death penalty as excessive, unnecessary, and pointless. Beccaria is deservedly regarded as the foun

Prima critica abolitionista cunoscuta a pedepsei cu moartea - aici pentru prima data in limba engleza In 1764, un aristocrat milanez pe nume Cesare Beccaria a creat senzatie atunci cand a publicat Despre crime si pedepse. In centrul sau se afla respingerea pedepsei cu moartea ca fiind excesiva, inutila si inutila.