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Samuel?s take: A Massachusetts Thanksgiving Criminal Justice View To The Past

By Altman & Altman

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Today is Thanksgiving. While the daily criminal law blog goes on, this is not a day o concentrate on the problems of criminal justice. Instead, let?s gain some brief optimistic perspective. From whence have we come? Some of the particular crimes and punishments make today?s laws look pretty liberal. Since the criminal justice system was a part of the existing religious order of the community, all offenses were against God and society. Laws in the Puritan regions were filled with religious messages. The 1648 Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts, the penal code, for example, often quoted biblical passages. For example, you think the laws regarding disorderly conduct, trespass and such are overly burdensome? Well, Colonists considered lying, idleness (not working), drunkenness and even general bad behavior as crime...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on November 27, 2008 (boomark / email).

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