Punishment

** Everything in this color was done by Meghan Norair

What were the common punishment for criminals during this time period? **  http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/punishment.htm

Violators of the law generally tried for trespassing but were not entitled to a lawyer and the judges and jury were biased. The prisons were used as a holding cell for criminals before, during, and after prosecution. The eighth grade has already witnessed judges being biased in the many cases of the // Tale Of Two Cities. // 

Common Punishment: Hanging- A man's head is tied to the end of a noose while the other end of the rope is fastened to a stationary object. The floor beneath the man is released and his neck is snapped while dangling from his head. Guillotine- Someone is fastened vertically to a board and then laid back so he is tied down horizontally on his back. A thin sheet of sharpened metal is then released so that the man is beheaded. Imprisonment- Most of the time people were imprisoned for a short period of time while waiting the for their method of death. In other cases they people are sentenced to lifelong imprisonment in a huge prison. Burning- Incarcerating the body mainly occurs when the person is already dead. It is primarily a "clean" method to dispose of a body.
 * - Higher Class/ nobility got off easy and usually only had to pay a small fee- ** When a member form the higher class is tried the jury and judges are automatically leaning towards innocence. No matter how large the crime, Nobility usually only get off with a small fee to pay.

Murderers' punishments were very severe- ** They were hung to the point when they were nearly dead. **

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http://www.peerage.org/genealogy/workhouse_punishment.jpg
 * Next they were quartered alive for a while. **


 * During this time all of their ligaments wee chopped off and burned. ** [[image:http://tudorstuff.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/hung-drawn-quartered.jpg]]http://tudorstuff.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/hung-drawn-quartered.jpg
 * This is a video of a a man who was in close relation with the king but he was tried for high treason. Everybody knew he was innocent because of his good service. The people who tried him did not seem to care and wanted to use him as an example to all other people. But this video is a good example of the execution ceremony and how the victim is brought forward through the crowd.

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