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The Penitentiary Act 1779 (19 Geo. 3.c. 74) [1] was a British Act of Parliament passed in 1779 which introduced a policy of state prisons for the first time. The Act was drafted by the prison reformer John Howard and the jurist William Blackstone and recommended imprisonment as an alternative sentence to death or transportation.
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The John Randolph Club (1989–1995) was a project of the Rockford Institute to promote alliances between paleoconservatives and paleolibertarians. [18] The club has been described as neo-Confederate , promoting secession , and favoring white Southerners. [ 19 ]
Howard was born in North London, either in Hackney or Enfield. [1] His father, also John, was a wealthy upholsterer at Smithfield Market in the city. His mother Ann Pettitt, [2] or Cholmley, [3] died when he was five years old, and, described as a "sickly child", he was sent to live at Cardington, Bedfordshire, some fifty miles from London, where his father owned property.
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