Cesare Beccaria proposed a numbers of principles that he believed were crucial for the proper operation of the criminal justice system. List five (5) of those principles.
What will be an ideal response?
1) laws should be made by legislatures, and they should be specific; 2)role of judges is only to determine guilt and to follow strictly to the letter of the law in determining punishment. Judges should not interpret the laws; 3) seriousness of crime should be determined by the harm it inflicts on society and be based on the pleasure/pain principle; 4) punishment should be based on the seriousness of the crime and its ability to deter; 5) punishment should not exceed that which is necessary for deterrence; 6)excessive severity in punishment often increases crime that is then committedd in order to avoid punishment; 7) punishment should be sure, swift, and certain; 8) capital punishment should be abolished as should the use of torture in order to gain confessions; 9) laws should be structured so as to prevent crime in the first place. It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them; 10) all should be treated equally before the law._
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