1. The Correctional System in 1800
... over the years, especially in the correctional system. When it came to the eighteenth century, it was a fascinating period in the history of capital punishment for crime [ CITATION Jac11 l 1033 ]. When we think of punishments for criminals in the 1800's we commonly believed in hanging, public humiliation, banishment, and whipping/fogging just to name a ... crime they had committed. For example: when stealing crop or food the offender would stand in front of the town's people and get bombarded with tomatoes, and eggs[ CITATION Str09 l 1033 ]. Banishment occurred when treason had been comm...
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