Both Thom Brooks and Cesare Beccaria interpret the idea of justice through the process of punishment and its outcome. One in particular text that is targeted with these ideas is In Cold Blood written by Truman Capote in the year 1966. In Cold Blood, takes place during the time of a quadruple murder case in Kansas, following two major suspects who were later convicted Perry Smith and Richard (Dick) Hickock. In the end, Perry and Dick do go through all four parts of punishment, and go through exactly with what Thom Brooks describes. Both Perry and Dick receive the most severe punishment, because of their crime committed, which is capital punishment (Sentence to Death). According to Beccaria’s explanation of the purpose of punishment, Capote's …show more content…
As stated in the novel Duane West, an ambitious, portly young man of twenty-eight who looks forty and sometimes fifty, told newsmen, “If the case goes before a jury, I will request the jury, upon finding them guilty, to sentence them to the death penalty (Capote ,1966, pg.332 ). The believed that this crime that was committed could have not been humane, and that the convicts were insane. As describe Dewey, for example, “found it difficult to understand “how two individuals could reach the same degree of rage, the kind of psychopathic rage it took to commit such a crime” (Capote, 1966, pg …show more content…
They were unable to understand that what they had done wasn’t so bad. Instead, they were worried about wanting to receive a guilty plea and avoid capital punishment. At one point Perry came dressed improper, not giving the respect to the jury or the trial for what he has been proven guilty to have done. Perry was described to have been wearing “jacket nor tie, seemed sartorially misplaced. Wearing an open necked shirt (borrowed from Mr. Meier) and blue jeans rolled up at the cuffs, he looked as lonely and inappropriate as a seagull in a wheat field” (Capote, 1966, pg. 383). Perry and Dick were both, according by the works of Beccaria, that they broke the law, are both people who committed it, authority had taken action with a legal system, and they both involved their biggest loss. However, they were not able to examine any theories of punishment; for example, Deterrence, rehabilitation, retributivism, and restorative justice. Finally, they both can be seen giving their “last laugh” before their deaths. Even though, justice was served for the crime, it is unsure if they felt remorse for what they