punishment
"It was I who killed the old pawnbroker woman and her sister Lizaveta with an axe and robbed them."
"There had been little difficulty about his trial. The criminal adhered exactly, firmly, and clearly to his statement... The sentence however was more merciful than could have been expected, perhaps partly because the criminal had not tried to justify himself, but had rather shown a desire to exaggerate his guilt... And in the end, the criminal was, in consideration of extenuating circumstances, condemned to penal servitude in the second class for a term of eight years only." [Epilogue]
"There had been little difficulty about his trial. The criminal adhered exactly, firmly, and clearly to his statement... The sentence however was more merciful than could have been expected, perhaps partly because the criminal had not tried to justify himself, but had rather shown a desire to exaggerate his guilt... And in the end, the criminal was, in consideration of extenuating circumstances, condemned to penal servitude in the second class for a term of eight years only." [Epilogue]