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"Ideas about punishment have evolved over time," writes Thelma Reese. Above: Two convicts in the stocks as punishment at Bibb County jail, Georgia, in 1937. (AP Photo)
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Left to right: Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, and Washington, D.C. Attourney General Irv Nathan, address the the media about emergency legislation to amend District laws to conform to the court's recent Palmer v. District of Columbia ruling on the DistrictÕs gun laws during a press conference at the Wilson Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 17, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier, left, is on hand as D.C. public officials speak to the media about emergency legislation to amend District laws to conforming to the court's recent Palmer v. District of Columbia ruling on the DistrictÕs gun laws during a press conference at the Wilson Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 17, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Left to right: Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier, Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, address the media about emergency legislation to amend District laws to conform to the court's recent Palmer v. District of Columbia ruling on the DistrictÕs gun laws during a press conference at the Wilson Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 17, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Left to right: Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier, Washington, D.C. Attourney General Irv Nathan, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, address the the media about emergency legislation to amend District laws to conform to the court's recent Palmer v. District of Columbia ruling on the DistrictÕs gun laws during a press conference at the Wilson Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 17, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Left to right: Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier, Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, and Councilmember Tommy Wells address the media about emergency legislation to amend District laws to conform to the court's recent Palmer v. District of Columbia ruling on the DistrictÕs gun laws during a press conference at the Wilson Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 17, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, center, and Councilmember Tommy Wells, right, listen as Washington, D.C. Attourney General Irv Nathan, left, speaks to the media about emergency legislation to amend District laws to conform to the court's recent Palmer v. District of Columbia ruling on the DistrictÕs gun laws during a press conference at the Wilson Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 17, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier, left, is on hand as D.C. public officials speak to the media about emergency legislation to amend District laws to conforming to the court's recent Palmer v. District of Columbia ruling on the DistrictÕs gun laws during a press conference at the Wilson Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 17, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray speaks to the media about emergency legislation to amend District laws to conform to the court's recent Palmer v. District of Columbia ruling on the District's gun laws during a press conference at the Wilson Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 17, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Washington, D.C. Attourney General Irv Nathan, right, and Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier, left, listen as Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, center, speaks to the media about emergency legislation to amend District laws to conform to the court's recent Palmer v. District of Columbia ruling on the DistrictÕs gun laws during a press conference at the Wilson Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 17, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier, left, listens as Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, right, speaks to the media about emergency legislation to amend District laws to conform to the court's recent Palmer v. District of Columbia ruling on the DistrictÕs gun laws during a press conference at the Wilson Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 17, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, and Councilmember Tommy Wells speak to the media about emergency legislation to amend District laws to conforming to the court's recent Palmer v. District of Columbia ruling on the District’s gun laws during a press conference at the Wilson Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 17, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Adrian Peterson, above, “used the same kind of discipline with his child that he experienced as a child ... in East Texas," said Rusty Hardin, the NFL star's lawyer in his Texas child abuse case. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, File)
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 file photo, an ambulance departs Bellevue Hospital in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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Baltimore Orioles center fielder Adam Jones greets fans after a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, in Baltimore. Baltimore won 8-2 to clinch the American League East. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Illustration of Eric Holder and the corruption of the Justice Department by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Illustration of Eric Holder and the corruption of the Justice Department by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Beer is displayed at Beverage Baron in Barre, Vt., in this Sept. 11, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/J.M. Hirsch)
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A portrait of 19th century abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who was born in Maryland, is unveiled at the Maryland governor’s residence in Annapolis, Md., on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
