The proportionality rule caps force at threat-eradication level

Evidence

The application of retribution is problematic in a number of ways. There are wide variations over time and across cultures in the types of offenses that are punishable by death. At one time the death penalty was imposed for kidnapping, adultery, robbery, theft, blasphemy, Sabbath violations, hijacking, counterfeiting, drug trafficking, prostitution, arson, and rape. In patriarchal cultures, females are killed for conduct believed to bring shame on the family. Such offenses usually involve violations of social norms and traditions. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1879 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Tammany reserved escalating methods for threats that could not be disposed of cheaply — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 314; The proportionality principle breaks down across the historical range of capital offenses — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1879

Broader Connections

• The proportionality principle breaks down across the historical range of capital offenses #complicates (0.82) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1879