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Jack Sheppard, Prison-Breaker

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Bloody Code and the Fear of Crime

When jack shepard was alive in the 17 twenties, crime and the fear of crime were widespread in england. The government was using really extreme public punishments to try to deter petty crimes. A hundred years later, some of this was starting to shift. In 18 37, the death penalty was abolished for all but the most serious crimes. But two years after that, the criminal code started to expand in a way that increasingly criminalized poor people's lives.

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