HIST 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Community Policing, Carnivalesque, Vigilante
1 Feb 2017
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No thought of innocence until proven guilty. You should be able to prove innocence. Torture after found guilty as punishment retributive torture. Used before to discover if people were guilty interrogative torture. Reason: plot against the god and crown. Witch craft de ne as crime in 1542. Throwing a possible witch in the river. If they oat they are a witch. If they sink they are not a witch. Many died by drowning through this torture. (not preserved as serious because heaven was the end goal) 1660 50 types of crime that are punishable by death. 1850 288 types punishable by death. The middle class are coming into power and to keep power by protecting their stuff. The only way to protect their stuff is to change the laws to do so. Opportunity to make their soul good with god. Stand on the scaffold, address the crowd and express your guilt.
