The theme of murder from a sense of guilt (or ‘debt’) was central to Dostoevsky’s writings, particularly to Crime and Punishment (1866).

有负罪感（或负债感）的谋杀犯，是陀思妥耶夫斯基作品的主题，尤其是在《罪与罚》（1866）中。

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If the instigated person has not committed the instigated crime, the instigator may be given a lighter or mitigated punishment.

如果被教唆的人没有犯被教唆的罪，对于教唆犯，可以从轻或者减轻处罚。

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Like crime and punishment, there is no metric or measurement to calculate value, it's a feeling.

就像罪与罚，这里没有度量和测量去估量价值，这关系到态度问题。

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But one thing is sure: social epidemics, of crime or of punishment, can be cured more quickly than we might hope with simpler and more superficial mechanisms than we imagine.

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Or, in the middle of Crime and Punishment, forgotten whether Nikodim Fomich was the chief of police or just a beat cop?

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Those who debated the issue then called for a reform to Article 192, which lets judges waive or reduce the punishment for any crime motivated by honour.

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