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死刑者,舊云大辟,又伏誅,殺罪者也,意在震懾人心。自古以還,無不慘忍。有絞、斬之屬,又有籍沒之法。甚者,凌遲、車裂,死狀奇慘,不寒而慄。洎乎近世,方廢殘忍之法,以銃、電、毒液亟殺之。亦有以監禁終身代之者。
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