Influence in America

Around the time I was writing On Crimes and Punishments, the United States was coming together as a nation. Their founding fathers had been influenced by materials that I had been working on. In their Constitution and Bill of Rights, many of their rights that they have as U.S. citizens, accept necessary concepts that come from the works of classical criminology. They have received rights such as: rules against vagueness, right to public trial, right to be judged by peers, right to dismiss certain jurors, right against unusual punishments, right to speedy trial, right to examine witnesses, coerced or tortured confessions are considered unacceptable, right to be informed of accused acts and the right to bear arms. Their Constitution was greatly inspired by my works and many of the rights that the U.S. citizens have are largely based on the rights that I believe in for all people. I am extremely glad and proud that my beliefs, created into literary texts, were able to help people in other countries achieve fair punishments and punishments of different levels for the crime committed.