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Most settlements have pillories—more commonly
called stocks. It is common for people to throw rotten
fruit—and less pleasant things—at offenders in the
stocks, and this practice is considered part of the
penalty. In more civilized areas, guards often keep
an eye on prisoners in the stocks to ensure that the
miscreants are not treated too poorly. In many places,
however, the prisoners are left to the mercy of the
crowds, and riotous crowds have even stoned some
unpopular individuals to death.
Flogging is another common punishment, for it
does not require much time from the authorities. The
procedure is carried out with a number of different
instruments, but the most common is the birch—a
bundle of thin sticks attached to a handle. Although
painful, it does not inflict actual damage. However,
more potent flogging instruments are often used
depending on the severity of the crime or attitude
of the punisher. Among these are thick canes,
straps, whips, and even barbed or studded whips that
can often kill the punished. Some places even use
enchanted implements to full effect. A flogging with
such implements can leave its victim exhausted and
sickened—conditions that usually clear up within a
few days—or it can silence the punished forever.
Imprisonment is more often than not a temporary
penalty to confine the accused before trial or between
trial and punishment though it is also part and parcel
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