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Well, those are my objections on moral grounds. From a practical point of view, surely it’s obvious that to punish thieves and murderers in precisely the same way is not only absurd but also highly dangerous for the public.
   If a thief knows that a conviction for murder will get him into no more trouble than a conviction for theft, he’s naturally impelled to kill the person that he’d otherwise merely have robbed. It’s no worse for him if he’s caught, and it gives him a better chance of not being caught, and of concealing the crime altogether by eliminating the only witness.
   So in our efforts to terrorize thieves we’re actually encouraging them to murder innocent people.

   [Non licere putem. Quam uero sit absurdum, atque etiam perniciosum reipublicae furem, atque homicidam ex aequo puniri, nemo est, opinor, qui nesciat.
   Nempe quum latro conspiciat non minus imminere discriminis duntaxat furti damnato, quam si praeterea conuincatur homicidij, hac una cogitatione impellitur in caedem eius, quem alioqui fuerat tantum spoliaturus. quippe praeterquam quod deprehenso nihil sit plus periculi, est etiam in caede securitas maior, & maior caelandi spes sublato facinoris indice.
   Itaque dum fures nimis atrociter studemus perterrefacere, in bonorum incitamus perniciem.]

Thomas More (1478-1535) English lawyer, social philosopher, statesman, humanist, Christian martyr
Utopia, Book 1, ch. 1 “Discourses of Raphael Hythloday” (1518 ed.) [tr. Turner (1965 ed.)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/more-thomas/83554/

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More, Thomas - Utopia, Book 1, ch. 1 "Discourses of Raphael Hythloday" (1518 ed.) [tr. Turner (1965 ed.)] | WIST Quotations

Well, those are my objections on moral grounds. From a practical point of view, surely it's obvious that to punish thieves and murderers in precisely the same way is not only absurd but also highly dangerous for the public. If a thief knows that a conviction for murder will get…

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Nov 25, 2025

A quotation from the Bible

Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them, those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured.

[μιμνῄσκεσθε τῶν δεσμίων ὡς συνδεδεμένοι, τῶν κακουχουμένων ὡς καὶ αὐτοὶ ὄντες ἐν σώματι.]

The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Hebrews 13: 3 [NRSV (2021 ed.)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-nt/80457/

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Hebrews 13: 3 [NRSV (2021 ed.)] - Bible, vol. 2, New Testament | WIST Quotations

Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them, those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured. [μιμνῄσκεσθε τῶν δεσμίων ὡς συνδεδεμένοι, τῶν κακουχουμένων ὡς καὶ αὐτοὶ ὄντες ἐν σώματι.] (Source (Greek)). Alternate translations: Remember them that are in bonds, as…

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SmokeInFog Jul 31, 2024

“Listen, the guy had cancer. He probably would’ve died anyway even if I hadn’t thrown him into a hot closet that only I had the ability to open and close.”

~ Conservative morons, probably (this time in Texas)

OR:

If someone with #covid dies from #heatstroke in a Texas prison, do the mouth-breathing idiots running Texas corrections say they died from nothing?

https://www.kut.org/crime-justice/2024-07-29/investigation-texas-prison-heat-inmate-deaths-ac-autopsy-lawsuit

#Texas #prison #corrections #penalSystem #death #neglegent #criminal #idiotic #conservative #republican

An inmate’s body temp was 107.5 when he died. The state of Texas says heat did not kill him.

Newly released autopsies show extreme temperatures in state prisons may have contributed to multiple recent deaths behind bars. But the state says heat hasn’t killed any prisoners in more than a decade. A lawsuit challenging Texas prison heat protocols will be heard in federal court on Tuesday.

KUT

EAZ Mar 26, 2024

Through analysis of execution sites and skeletal remains, this article offers valuable insights into the social and cultural attitudes towards punishment and death in medieval and early modern societies.
#MedievalJustice #PenalSystem #Archaeology #EAZ #EAZArchives
https://doi.org/10.54799/LLKT9251

Burials in unblessed ground - victims of the medieval penal system. An archaeological-historical examination | EAZ – Ethnographisch-Archaeologische Zeitschrift

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TITLE: Blog post on racism and risk assessment

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Hi folks:

It’s probably of interest only to a few on this list, but since I was
posting it elsewhere...

This week's /Sexual Abuse/ blog is on racism and risk assessment.
Obviously, no single blog post can cover everything on this topic, but I
did what I could.

https://blog.atsa.com/2023/07/racism-and-risk-assessment.html
<https://blog.atsa.com/2023/07/racism-and-risk-assessment.html>

All the best,

David
David S. Prescott, LCSW, LICSW
Brandon, VT
www.davidprescott.net

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