PUNISHMENT IN BELGIUM.
Though the death penalty was practically abolished in Belgium over thirty years ago, the punishment of those convicted of capital crimes is so awful that none have yet been able to endure it more than three years. T, he condemned is placed in a dungeon so constructed that from the moment He enters it he will never hear the sound of human voices, nor see a living being. His food is passed in through a sliding panel in the^door of his cell. The authorities have striven in vain to prolong their lives by varying their food as much as possible ; but those who are moderately or lightly nourished gradually waste away, while those who are liberally fed go mad and die raving maniacs.
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Evening Post, Volume LXI, Issue 30, 3 August 1895, Page 2 (Supplement)
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126PUNISHMENT IN BELGIUM. Evening Post, Volume LXI, Issue 30, 3 August 1895, Page 2 (Supplement)
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