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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / c. Deterrence of crime

2640	We have the death penalty, but still have thousands of robbers [Cicero]
	Full Idea: We have robbers by the thousand, although they have the penalty of death before their eyes.
	From: M. Tullius Cicero (On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum') [c.44 BCE], I.86)