PSYC 331 Study Guide - Clifford Olson, Amygdala, Structured Interview
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Introduces the presumption of innocence (that guilt must be proven); innocent until proven guilty. Both the accused and the accuser have chance to provide evidence. Harsh sentences lex talionis (an eye for an eye) You need to have a guilty mind; the act itself does not make you guilty unless its accompanied by a guilty mind; one was at fault only if they had done evil deliberately (mens rea) Actus reus the act is also important because some crimes are too heinous to go unpunished. Cicero: developed advocacy (1st lawyer?) and rhetoric about advancing points which look like the truth even if they do not correspond with it exactly . Putting forward points that are truthy even if not absolutely true. New laws were developed to bring revenge motive to a form of collective justice instead of private revenge under state control. The vengeance motive: lex talionis (an eye for an eye)
