Note 99 — Chapter XX · BLOOD-REVENGE AND COMPENSATION—THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH
Reading edition
Stephen, History of the Criminal Law of England, i. 458 sqq. According to the Cornelian law, a free Roman citizen could not be punished capitally for the commission of murder, but was simply exiled from Italy, whereas a slave was executed for a similar crime (Mommsen, Römisches Strafrecht, p. 631 sq.).