Cesare Beccaria quote

No man can be judged a criminal until he is found guilty; nor can society take from him the public protection until it has been proved that he has violated the conditions on which it was granted. What right, then, but that of power, can authorize the punishment of a citizen so long as there remains any doubt of his guilt?
Cesare Beccaria

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Beccaria: 'On Crimes and Punishments' and Other Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
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