But what surprised me even more was the fact that crime in the 19th century was attributed to archaic legal codes that were counter-intuitive to the theory of free will, which was a stark contrast to Colonial America, wherein crime was explained in terms of sin and disobedience to God (Blomberg &Lucken;, 2011, p.29). ... I strongly believe this was a remarkable advancement in the history of corrections, as they were no longer willing to accept the old view that people's inherent wickedness and sin were the ultimate and unchangeable source of crime. ... The book discussed about how all ...

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His equivalent in the Christian philosophy would be an irreligious person whose homeland has never encountered Christianity who, upon having it explained by a missionary, realizes he has never sinned. ... The past is past and dwelling upon it in any mood is simply a waste of the present. ...

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A follower of Waggoner's Facebook group "Free LP," which raises awareness of his imprisonment, said, "I think we all have things in our past that we would rather not have everyone aware of. Let he who has no sin be the first to cast the stone." ...

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