Banished, beheaded, or boiled in oil

The history of punishing criminals is a long and gruesome one. In 620 BC, a Greek named Draco wrote a legal code that punished almost every crime with death except murder! For that, criminals were exiled. Odd facts about crime and punishment like this abound in history. Readers encounter many places and periods, from ancient China to the Victorian era, to learn all about the terrible, gross, and strange ways crimes were punished in the past.

Year

2016

Language

English

Series

Awfully ancient

Publisher

Gareth Stevens Publishing

Editions

3

Pages

32

ISBN

9781482431223

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