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In colonial america, a pickpocket might have had a hand cut off as punishment. why was this particular method of punishment chos
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<span>It was a manner of symbolic punishment. Since the hand was the offending part that led to the crime, it was felt that it was appropriate to remove this as a way of deterring the person from doing the same thing in the future.</span>
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