It is not a principle of jurisprudence, human or inspired, to permit the criminal to ordain his own punishment.
Benjamin Disraeli: “It is not a principle of jurisprudence, human or inspired, to permit the criminal to ordain his own punishment.”
Editor's note · Context
In his biography of Lord George Bentinck, Disraeli states a universal principle of jurisprudence that criminals cannot dictate their own punishment.
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