A sketch of the laws relating to slavery in the several states of the United States of America : with some alterations and considerable additions . mm9 a S3 O .9 •aJ P t00SOi-HC^C0^i0«0*^000SOrHC^C0«i<cscsff^c<ic^cococococoeo c8 to p • 1-4 :^ o CO 84 INEQUALITY OF PUNISHMENTS. One of the provisions in the Constitution of Alabama is, **It shallbe the duty of the General Assembly, as soon as circumstances willpermit, to form n penal code, founded on the principles of reformationand not of vindictive justice. The penal code w^hich has been adopted, so far as respects freewhite per sons f co
A sketch of the laws relating to slavery in the several states of the United States of America : with some alterations and considerable additions . mm9 a S3 O .9 •aJ P t00SOi-HC^C0^i0«0*^000SOrHC^C0«i<cscsff^c<ic^cococococoeo c8 to p • 1-4 :^ o CO 84 INEQUALITY OF PUNISHMENTS. One of the provisions in the Constitution of Alabama is, **It shallbe the duty of the General Assembly, as soon as circumstances willpermit, to form n penal code, founded on the principles of reformationand not of vindictive justice. The penal code w^hich has been adopted, so far as respects freewhite per sons f conforms generally to this requirement. There are nocrimes, when committed by white persons, for which death is affixedas the proper and positive sentence of the law. There are six which7/iay be so punished, but none which must be. The alternative, * con-Unement in the penitentiary for life,^ may be granted in these cases bytheju7y by whom the accused has been found convict. These are—treason; murder in the first degree; aiding a slave or slaves in an actualor meditated rebellion or insurrection against the white i
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