Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense.
Let the punishment match the offense.
Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.
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