Justice reenacted the crime in execution to annul it

Evidence

There were even some cases of an almost theatrical reproduction of the crime in the execution of the guilty man – with the same instruments, the same gestures. Thus justice had the crime reenacted before the eyes of all, publishing it in its truth and at the same time annulling it in the death of the guilty man. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 98

Categorization

• SHARE: The 1772 Cambrai sentence — a servant girl killed with the same cleaver in the same chair her mistress sat in — is exactly the sort of gruesomely exacting detail a law-and-ritual-nerd friend would delight in.
• XREF: connects to: Execution sites and torments mirrored the crime’s form and setting — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 97; The executioner personified the sovereign’s answering violence against the criminal. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 107; Revenge requires crime and punishment be separated in time — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 900 (+3 more)

Related

• Execution sites and torments mirrored the crime’s form and setting (similarity 0.84)
• The executioner personified the sovereign’s answering violence against the criminal. (similarity 0.80)
• Every crime was treated as an assault on the sovereign’s person (similarity 0.79)
• Revenge requires crime and punishment be separated in time (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• The executioner personified the sovereign’s answering violence against the criminal. #expands (0.85) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 107
• Revenge requires crime and punishment be separated in time #contradicts (0.80) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 900
• Punishment shifted from sovereign vengeance to ensuring no crime goes unpunished #contradicts (0.75)
• Crime can be redefined as tort requiring repair rather than retribution #contradicts (0.75)