HIST 436 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Western Herald, Insanity Defense
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Hist 436 - week 7 - february 26, 2018. Primary sources: the debate about capital punishment in the 1840s, selected documents #21-33, 21: on the death sentence for treason, western herald magazine? (1838, 22: execution at hamilton, british colonist (1839, describing the scene at an execution. Canada while white men punished to the fullest extent of the law: 24: the pilot, august 1844. Acquittal of 2 girls accused of murdering their father, a riot ensued as a result: capital punishment makes no attempt to reform the criminal. It is rumored that the verdict of this trial has been influenced by the. Horrors" of capital punishment: 25: toronto examiner, feb 1845. Public executions seem to have no effect on deterring crime. Executions should be carried in private because the imagination exaggerate the terror of the penalty while the familiarity and public eclat lessens them: 26: the pilot, may 1845. No less than 3 executions since our last publication," brutal week.
