It's hard to grasp that old "bad" laws could still be very progressive. I remember a teacher telling us that "an eye for an eye" should be viewed not as a craz

It's hard to grasp that old "bad" laws could still be very progressive. I remember a teacher telling us that "an eye for an eye" should be viewed not as a crazy excessive response, but as a very modern "the punishment should be commensurate to the crime", which was not a given.