Crime and Punishment
Lets just say right from the start, you didn't want to commit a crime. The main punishment for crimes even small ones was normally execution that was watched by hundreds of people. Most of the crimes committed were out of desperate measures such as poverty and hunger. A few of the main crimes that were committed are: Theft, Poaching, Begging, Forgers and Fraud. Thats only a few of the crimes, the list goes on and on. For theft, if you stole something that was worth more than five pence resulted in hanging which was a difficult to understand for poor people just trying to live. Even such tiny crimes like stealing the birds EGGS was sentence by death.
I find the crime and punishment system very dodgy back then and I am grateful that its not like that these days. I think the punishment decider was very, very, very harsh especially to the poor and hungry. At least it has changed and I thank the person who changed this.
I find the crime and punishment system very dodgy back then and I am grateful that its not like that these days. I think the punishment decider was very, very, very harsh especially to the poor and hungry. At least it has changed and I thank the person who changed this.