The Quarterly Review, Volume 285William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1947 |
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Page 65
... sentences it is surely right that a court should try the effect of a long sentence as a deterrent , provided of course that the offence is one of sufficient gravity . Even if the long sentence fail to deter it will afford a greater ...
... sentences it is surely right that a court should try the effect of a long sentence as a deterrent , provided of course that the offence is one of sufficient gravity . Even if the long sentence fail to deter it will afford a greater ...
Page 68
... sentence of 3 months . When he was 25 he was convicted of shopbreaking with intent to commit a felony . This was a smash and grab offence for which he was sentenced to 9 months . In the course of this crime an innocent bystander was ...
... sentence of 3 months . When he was 25 he was convicted of shopbreaking with intent to commit a felony . This was a smash and grab offence for which he was sentenced to 9 months . In the course of this crime an innocent bystander was ...
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... sentence is unavoidable , the very short him sentence should be abandoned . It brands a man with the the stigma of prison , it leads to loss of employment , and it is not a lasting deterrent . A succession of short sentences are an ...
... sentence is unavoidable , the very short him sentence should be abandoned . It brands a man with the the stigma of prison , it leads to loss of employment , and it is not a lasting deterrent . A succession of short sentences are an ...
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