Cesare Beccaria’s intellectual mind wanted to change the face of how punishment and crime were to be dealt. During a time of reason, Beccaria’s ideas for reform on how criminal justice is to be practiced was something never seen before. The normal practices that were being done were seen as barbaric and severe in the eyes of Beccaria. Beccaria’s ideas, in this time of enlightenment, was revolutionary and has impacted the modern penal code and sentencing scheme. The ideas of: the role of judges, the severity of the punishment to the crime committed and the use of punishment to cause deterrence. Judges, during Beccaria’s time, were in a sense corrupt and were not out to find justice and often send criminals to death even if the offense was
