Jeremy Bentham was born on 15 February 1748 in Houndsditch, London and died on 6 June 1832. Bentham was a British theorist, jurist and social activist. Bentham is the founder of modern utilitarianism. Bentham became one of the leading philosophers in Anglo-American philosophy of law and a political radical who influenced welfare progress. He defended to the people economic freedom, freedom of expression, equal rights for women, decriminalization of homosexual activities, separation of church and state and the right to divorce. He worked to abolish the death penalty, abolish slavery, and abolish corporal punishment including children. In his early years he was an animal rights activist. Bentham attended Westminster School in 1760, at age 12 his father sent him to Queen's College, Oxford, he received his BA in 1763 and his master's degree in 1766. He was qualified as a barrister but never practiced law. When the American colonies issued their Declaration of Independence in July 1776, the British government provided no response, but it secretly commissioned London lawyer John Lind to publish a rebuttal. The 130-page rebuttal was circulated in the colonies and contained an essay titled “Short Review of the Declaration” written by Jeremy Bentham, a friend of Lind. The rebuttal criticized and ridiculed Americans' political beliefs. Bentham is particularly known for his theories of punishment. He asserted that all punishment required justification, he believed that all punishment was entirely wrong. Bentham also believed that it was more important that justice be done than that justice actually be done. Bentham conceived harsh ideas regarding punishment, such as the belief that middle of paper beings cherish their life and try to make the most of it, by taking it away from a person. is the worst thing you can do. The fact that these three people were released after six months of imprisonment is a disrespect to the family and the community. No justice was served for Parker, it was more of a slap in the face, these men got away with murder and no one tried hard enough to give them what they deserved. Jeremy Bentham advances the importance of punishment as a deterrent and the theory of utility and rationality. Although some disapproved of his methods, his writing abilities, and some of his theories, Jeremy Bentham became famous for his development of a utilitarian view of society and for the many improvements he made to the criminal justice system and to legislation for the improvement of England. in the 18th and 19th centuries and in the United States.