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Article 3 states that if half the votes favor a verdict of innocence or a lower punishment , such is to be the decision . By Act IV , she will also emerge in the role of forgiver and caretaker ( again , " Pardon , not punishment , is [ women 's ] mission " ) , and thus meets the more conventional demands of Victorian womanhood as well . Not only are the offenses themselves very serious and deserving of substantially more punishment , but the conduct of many of the offenders , professional looters who are well armed and dangerous to law enforcement and innocent passers-by , requires increased proportional punishment . Somewhat paradoxically ( but all too unexpectedly ) , it will ultimately assign the role of pardoner to the woman ; as Lord Goring tells Lady Chiltern in Act IV , " Pardon , not punishment , is [ women 's ] mission " in love . As a result , crimes committed by young people can now result in much harsher punishments , including life sentences . Dear little html , back for more punishment , wrote : " I 'm sure I 'm not the only one who has noticed that Don P , however irritating you might find his doggedness and his debating techniques , is unfailingly correct and cordial in his language . Control Act of 1984 ) provides for the development of guidelines that will further the basic purposes of criminal punishment : deterrence , incapacitation , just punishment , and rehabilitation .