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23 June, 03:34

But if he is suffered to live, he will receive the worst punishment - obscurity - and the public will have nothing to admire. We also know, and we can not consider it too much, that he has killed no man, and that if he be put to death we shall have the anomaly [odd situation] of the victim surviving the murderer; and that, under the laws, this man can be punished only for assault and battery with intent to kill, and, therefore, imprisoned.

Background: This passage is an excerpt from William E. Doster's defense of Lewis Powell.

According to the passage, what does Doster suggest that Powell's punishment should be?

becoming anonymous to the public

becoming a hero and admired

becoming a prisoner

becoming a victim of murder