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How do you punish a dead man?
by throwawayboise 5y ago
How do you punish a dead man?
- Someone 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posthumous_execution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posthumous_execution (with several historical examples, among which https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver_Synod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver_Synod: “the ecclesiastical trial of Pope Formosus, who had been dead for about seven months, in the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome during January 897. The trial was conducted by Pope Stephen VI, the successor to Formosus' successor, Pope Boniface VI. Stephen had Formosus' corpse exhumed and brought to the papal court for judgment”. I guess the judgment was “this case stinks”))
- BugsJustFindMe 5y agoThat's a performance which doesn't actually punish the dead person because the dead person is...well...dead.