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Once each act has been traced back to its origins,
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04 Oct 2026, 10:10
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Once each act has been traced back to its origins, what principled ground remains for imposing the full penalty? That is the quiet unease of certain sentencing magistrates, who fear that criminology's growing attention to childhood deprivation will harden into a settled habit of _______ , though no one yet proposes that any crime go unpunished.
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| A. adjudicating every motive |
| B. extenuating every offense |
| C. castigating every offender | D. exonerating every offender | E. expiating every offense |
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Re: Once each act has been traced back to its origins,
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07 Oct 2026, 10:55
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The key clue is:
“no one yet proposes that any crime go unpunished.”
The concern is that recognizing childhood deprivation as a cause of crime might lead judges to excuse or reduce blame for every offense.
A. adjudicating every motive - doesn't fit the concern about punishment.
B. extenuating every offense - fits: treating every offense as having mitigating circumstances.
C. castigating every offender - means punishing every offender, the opposite of the concern.
D. exonerating every offender - too strong; exonerating means declaring them not guilty, which contradicts “no one yet proposes that any crime go unpunished.”
E. expiating every offense - means atoning for wrongdoing; doesn't fit grammatically or logically.
Answer: B.
The key clue is:
“no one yet proposes that any crime go unpunished.”
The concern is that recognizing childhood deprivation as a cause of crime might lead judges to excuse or reduce blame for every offense.
A. adjudicating every motive - doesn't fit the concern about punishment.
B. extenuating every offense - fits: treating every offense as having mitigating circumstances.
C. castigating every offender - means punishing every offender, the opposite of the concern.
D. exonerating every offender - too strong; exonerating means declaring them not guilty, which contradicts “no one yet proposes that any crime go unpunished.”
E. expiating every offense - means atoning for wrongdoing; doesn't fit grammatically or logically.
Answer: B.
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