Category Archives: judge

william fly

Posted on June 4, 2007 by aaust6yp

1. judge– first time in, i think, any of the readings a judge’s name has been specifically mentioned while speaking of a person’s conviction. in this case, William Dummer is directly correlated to the condemnation of death. this identification of … Continue reading →

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Ch. 2 Foucault

Posted on May 29, 2007 by mtt3e

Ambiguity: uncertainty, lack of absolute proof   “Full proof” could lead to any sentence, but in the 17th century, proof would have been hard to obtain. Their definition of full proof, however, was ambiguous: the testimony of 2 irreproachable witnesses … Continue reading →

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body of the condemned

Posted on May 23, 2007 by chard3ah

Spectacle- Foucault argues that as the “gloomy festival of punishment was dying out,” one of the first things to go was “the spectacle of punishment”.  He uses the word spectacle to describe the public torture and execution of prisoners used … Continue reading →

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