Who is this Italian criminologist and "father of modern criminal law" who condemned torture and the death penalty?

Italian criminologist Cesare Beccaria's treatise On Crimes and Punishments rejected torture and the death penalty, making Beccaria the "father of modern criminal law and criminal justice". His work is said to have influenced the Founding Fathers of the United States.

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