... , "shall in no ways be molested or prejudiced for their religious Persuasion or Practice in Matters of Faith and Worship." Moreover, he granted the colonists an enlightened penal system, which was meant to teach and reform not only to punish. Whereas the English penal code of his era outlined over 200 offenses that could be punished by the death penalty, Penn ... forms of cruel punishment, reducing the number of these offenses to two. The Liberty of Conscience of every colonist, and right to have a fair and equal trial were included. Adding to that, it was one of the first colonies to gr...

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