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Jacoby's Argument To Bring Back Flogging

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In this Article Jacoby has a clear argument about bringing back flogging. Jacoby believes that flogging should be brought back to replace the standard conventional methods of violent and non-violent offenders. He reminds us that the Puritan forefathers of Boston had no tolerance for wrongs doings. However, we currently practice more humane ways of discipline by imprisoning criminals. Likewise, the courts use imprisonment for nearly every criminal offense. Although we imprison criminals, crime continues to escalate uncontrollably and very few believe in the efficiency of the justice system. Flogging is a traditional penalty and has been around since the 19th century. Jacoby does show a good amount of evidence, but he does not seem to support …show more content…

Richard Hopkins, in 1632 was sentenced to get whipped and branded with a hot iron because he was selling fire arms and gun powder to Indians. Another example that Jacoby mentioned was Hannah Newell pleaded guilty to adultery and got the punishment of fifteen stripes to be hit on her bare back in the middle of where everyone would be around. By giving these examples Jacoby shows how flogging was a quicker way of punishing people for small crimes. Flogging, in Jacoby's eyes got straight to the point.Jacoby also says that corporal punishment didn't end with the Puritans, (a group of English protestants who believed in flogging) the state of Delaware didn't stop until 1972 which was about 200 years after all of that was happening. Although those crimes aren't really that much of a bigger deal nowadays, those crimes are equivalent to an eighteen year old getting locked up for months at a time for just having maybe drugs or getting in trouble for theft. Jacoby got the point across that the people who are getting incarcerated for small things like stealing or small offense need some other kind of …show more content…

We should do flogging because we fear what prisoners might do if we release them. Say if we do flogging, the painful punishment would make people around the world not do criminal things like committing murder, laundering money to selling marijuana, robberies, etc. Flogging is tough stuff and considered as a barbaric punishment that the 21th Western came up with. Also if you think about it flogging is much quicker, cheaper, educational, and a more effective way than imprisonment. It’s more painful, but they deserve it for doing criminal things.
Jacoby gave his points about how he feels on flogging, and what should be done in today’s world. Flogging has been around since the 19th century and should be used instead of putting criminals in prison. Bringing back flogging has its pros and cons to it, and it can help us in the world and it can do damage to the world. Jacoby helped us understand this argument more better in his

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