Author: Ingersoll, Robert G.
Title: Crimes Against Criminals. An Address
Description: Baltimore, Phoenix Publishing Co. Wraps. no date, presumed early 1900s. Photo illustrated wraps. 32 pp. An address speaking against capital punishment and torture of criminals, citing historical examples and statistics that show no deterrence effects in the use of capital punishment and torture to fight crime. Ingersoll instead argues that the state should set an example of kindness toward the incarcerated, as a means to reform. Robert G. Ingersoll was an American orator, preacher and lawyer, serving for the Union during the Civil War, and gaining prominence for his public speaking engagements in which he promoted freethought and sometimes agnostic theories. GOOD condition. Moderate offsetting and darkening to the covers. Minor to moderate soiling and some staining to the covers. Extremities bumped and scuffed. Good .
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Title: Crimes Against Criminals. An Address
Description: Baltimore, Phoenix Publishing Co. Wraps. no date, presumed early 1900s. Photo illustrated wraps. 32 pp. An address speaking against capital punishment and torture of criminals, citing historical examples and statistics that show no deterrence effects in the use of capital punishment and torture to fight crime. Ingersoll instead argues that the state should set an example of kindness toward the incarcerated, as a means to reform. Robert G. Ingersoll was an American orator, preacher and lawyer, serving for the Union during the Civil War, and gaining prominence for his public speaking engagements in which he promoted freethought and sometimes agnostic theories. GOOD condition. Moderate offsetting and darkening to the covers. Minor to moderate soiling and some staining to the covers. Extremities bumped and scuffed. Good .
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Price: US$ 22.00 Seller: Mare Booksellers
- Book number: 012341
- Book number: 012341
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