Today's criminal justice system has gone through many changes to become what it is. In order to find those changes, I decided upon comparing the code of Hammurabi to modern laws. Without further hesetation, I present the major changes in criminal justice between the code of Hammurabi and modern law.
The code of Hammurabi’s laws are very different from ours, but they’re quite interesting as well. One of the harsher laws, the 202nd law, is as follows: “If any one strike the body of a man higher in rank than he, he shall receive sixty blows with an ox-whip in public.”(L.W.King, The Avalon Project) The punishment of 60 whips would almost certainly kill the person, and this is for any assault on someone higher status than the perpetrator. This might make an individual think twice before partaking in a barroom brawl. If a judge makes a decision, has it in writing, but is proven later to have made an error, they will not only lose their job and authority, …show more content…
The second major change would be theft punishments; in the code of Hammurabi you die, no question. If you're caught today, you might get a fine for basic thievery. We rely on less brutish means if there is a lack of evidence . People now can’t get whipped sixty times for minor assault. Back then, there were no laws about littering,however, today it is an important law. There's a law in the code of Hammurabi that states if a son strikes his father, his hands are cut off. Today, we have no such laws, according to research. People who don't like their adopted parent/parents should be happy that they don't live by the code of Hammurabi; in the code if you say your adopted parent isn’t your parent, your tongue is cut
The code of Hammurabi’s laws are very different from ours, but they’re quite interesting as well. One of the harsher laws, the 202nd law, is as follows: “If any one strike the body of a man higher in rank than he, he shall receive sixty blows with an ox-whip in public.”(L.W.King, The Avalon Project) The punishment of 60 whips would almost certainly kill the person, and this is for any assault on someone higher status than the perpetrator. This might make an individual think twice before partaking in a barroom brawl. If a judge makes a decision, has it in writing, but is proven later to have made an error, they will not only lose their job and authority, …show more content…
The second major change would be theft punishments; in the code of Hammurabi you die, no question. If you're caught today, you might get a fine for basic thievery. We rely on less brutish means if there is a lack of evidence . People now can’t get whipped sixty times for minor assault. Back then, there were no laws about littering,however, today it is an important law. There's a law in the code of Hammurabi that states if a son strikes his father, his hands are cut off. Today, we have no such laws, according to research. People who don't like their adopted parent/parents should be happy that they don't live by the code of Hammurabi; in the code if you say your adopted parent isn’t your parent, your tongue is cut