Small communities will literally lynch you and after the fact they will all agree you were a rapist. It's not clear why you brought up feudalism but systems in

Small communities will literally lynch you and after the fact they will all agree you were a rapist. It's not clear why you brought up feudalism but systems in which a local lord is responsible for dispensing justice allow for far more abuse that those with centralized legal systems. It is always better for judges to be as far removed from the outcome of the case as possible.