Slide 3: Early Crime and Punishment

Question 1

Question: What were some early crime punishment practices rooted in superstition?

Answer 1

Answer: Early legal systems often used trials by ordeal or combat, where the innocent would be proven by divine intervention. Oath-helpers were also used, where groups of people would vouch for someone’s innocence.

Question 2

Question: How were “vagabonds” treated in early legal systems?

Answer 2

Answer: Vagabonds, or wandering individuals, were criminalized under early legal systems, often being punished or marginalized.