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Editorial
January 7, 1846
Richmond Palladium
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana
What is this article about?
Editorial praises Mr. Moulton's bill in the Ohio House to abolish capital punishment, favoring life imprisonment over executions. It highlights Belgium's success since 1830, where commutations reduced capital crimes from over 70 to under 9 annually.
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Capital Punishment.--We are pleased to see that Mr. Moulton has introduced a bill in the House to abolish capital punishment, and hope the day is not far distant when imprisonment for life will be substituted in Ohio for the brutalizing spectacle of strangling to death a fellow creature.
In Belgium the Death Penalty has been practically set aside since 1830 by commutation of all capital sentences to imprisonment at hard labor, and statistical records show that as executions decreased, capital crimes diminished. Capital crimes so decreased, that from over 70 a year, of which 30 were murders, when the executions were 71 a year, they fell to less than 9 a year, of which but 1 were murders, when none were executed.
[Cleveland Herald.
In Belgium the Death Penalty has been practically set aside since 1830 by commutation of all capital sentences to imprisonment at hard labor, and statistical records show that as executions decreased, capital crimes diminished. Capital crimes so decreased, that from over 70 a year, of which 30 were murders, when the executions were 71 a year, they fell to less than 9 a year, of which but 1 were murders, when none were executed.
[Cleveland Herald.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime Or Punishment
Legal Reform
What keywords are associated?
Capital Punishment
Abolition
Ohio
Belgium
Life Imprisonment
Capital Crimes
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Moulton
Ohio House
Belgium
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Abolition Of Capital Punishment In Ohio
Stance / Tone
Strongly Supportive Of Abolition
Key Figures
Mr. Moulton
Ohio House
Belgium
Key Arguments
Mr. Moulton Introduced Bill To Abolish Capital Punishment
Advocate Substitution With Life Imprisonment In Ohio
Executions Are Brutalizing Spectacles
Belgium Commuted Sentences Since 1830, Reducing Capital Crimes
In Belgium, Crimes Fell From Over 70 To Under 9 Per Year As Executions Stopped