Under the influence of the European Enlightenment, in the latter part of the 18th century there began a movement to limit the scope of capital punishment.
They were particularly struck by both the severity and the scope of the punishment in a country that has an established legal system and is not in a state of war.
Second, it would supplement the current prostitution and pandering article by redefining the issue in terms of trafficking as opposed to prostitution, thus encompassing forced labor and bringing the scope of potential punishments in line with federal domestic antitrafficking statutes".
France lobbied heavily at various levels to limit the scope of BNP's punishment.
There is a role for desert in a liberal theory of punishment, but its scope needs careful restriction.
Eighteen other states have banned or suspended the death penalty, and the Supreme Court has gradually narrowed the scope of who can receive the punishment, ruling out juvenile perpetrators and people with intellectual disabilities.
Much graver matters are also at stake, like the status of women, domestic violence, the scope of the law itself and the nature of punishment for violating it.
The Hebrew Scriptures sought to place a cap on the scope of such retribution by making punishments proportional to the crime: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
(See below Effectiveness of punishment).
His method of punishment, however, became iconic.
