PSYC 331 Lecture Notes - Offender Profiling, Aeschylus, Homicide
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History of the trial: origins of rules of evidence in court. Hammurabi"s code: one of the earliest systems of codified laws. Ivan henry cs: spent 20+ years in jail for something he didn"t do. If anyone ensnares (publically accuse someone of a crime) another that person will have a ban upon them, if the accuser couldn"t prove the crime then they were put to death. Before there were laws there was ever lasting vengeance; laws were created as an alternative to this. Introduction of presumption of innocence (innocent until proven guilty) Both the accused and accuser were able to present evidence. You enacted law and order to appease the gods. Only the gods could decide guilt or innocence until aeschylus created the greek play write. You need to have a guilty mind; the act itself does not make you guilty unless its accompanied by a guilty mind.
