Crime And Punishment In Ancient Greece

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PROCEDURE IN HOMICIDE CASES Three pre-trials (prodikasiai) were held in three separate months for homicide cases, with the trial itself in the fourth month. We do not know much about the details of these pre-trials. Each side made two speeches. At the end of his first speech, the defendant was allowed to go into exile rather than face the possibility of execution. The penalty for intentional homicide was death and confiscation of property. For unintentional homicide the penalty was exile – anyone who found him back in Attica could kill him with impunity. Exile could be ended with a pardon (aidesis) from the deceased person’s family.
PROPERTY OFFENSES A person who suspected another of having stolen something of his might demand admission to his house to search it. Summary executions by members of The Eleven could be used against kakourgoi (“wrongdoers”) caught red-handed. Those who qualified here included kidnappers, clothes stealers, highwaymen, house burglars, temple robbers and cutpurses. Anyone catching such a thief could arrest him and take him to The Eleven.
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