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Domestic News
October 31, 1789
The Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
In Gloucester, capital offenders sentenced to seven years' solitary imprisonment instead of death express horror and beg to be hanged, some asking to see their families briefly, but denied. The punishment is seen as effective in softening hardened criminals.
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OCR Quality
85%
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Full Text
Punishment of capital offenders to solitary imprisonment instead of death. Gloucester, where several persons have been doomed to seven years' seclusion from the society whose peace and security their bad conduct tended to disturb, the horror that has seized them is not to be described. They beg with the most earnestness, that they may be hanged out of their misery, some ask to see their wives and children only for a moment, but this is not allowed them. No punishment ever devised seems so well calculated to soften the hearts of the hardened and insensible.
What sub-type of article is it?
Legal Or Court
Crime
What keywords are associated?
Solitary Imprisonment
Capital Offenders
Gloucester
Punishment Reform
Hardened Criminals
Where did it happen?
Gloucester
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Gloucester
Outcome
several persons sentenced to seven years' solitary imprisonment; requests for execution or family visits denied.
Event Details
Capital offenders in Gloucester face solitary imprisonment rather than death, causing them extreme distress; they plead to be hanged and some request brief family visits, which are refused.