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An Alternative to Capital Punishment Explored in the 1700’s…

Among several reports from America posted in The London Chronicle for January 19, 1768 [1] is a report from Denmark which brings to light their experimentation with an alternative approach to the death sentence for the most heinous of crimes. Rather than editorializing, I’ll let the the text do the talking…