A less brutal approach to justice and punishment in the eighteenth century is associated with
A)Voltaire.
B)Diderot.
C)Montesquieu.
D)Hume.
E)Beccaria.

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Beccaria was a critic of the harsh and arbitrary justice system in the eighteenth century and advocated for a more humane and rational approach to punishment. His book "On Crimes and Punishments" argued that punishments should fit the crime, and that torture and the death penalty should be abolished. This approach had a significant influence on the development of modern criminal justice systems.

A Less Brutal Approach to Justice and Punishment in the Eighteenth