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But the nature of the courts was so different. There were no judges (certainly not lifelong) andthe jury was selected by lot among the whole population using th
by seydor 3y ago
But the nature of the courts was so different. There were no judges (certainly not lifelong) andthe jury was selected by lot among the whole population using this lottery contraption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleroterion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleroterion.
That would be very easy to replicate today , we already have trial by Twitter or Facebook. Maybe someone should give it a serious try
- contrarian1234 3y agoPeople would be put to death left and right. Death of Socrates x1000. Being famous would be actively dangerous haha
- 082349872349872 3y ago> When asked whether [Old Benjamin] was not happier now that Jones was gone, he would say only "Donkeys live a long time. None of you has ever seen a dead donkey," and the [other Animals] had to be content with this cryptic answer. About the (post-Napoleonic) Bourbon Restoration, it is said that the Bourbons had learned nothing ... and forgotten nothing.
- 082349872349872 3y agoelsewhere on HN, trial by gossip: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38335077 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38335077