Law & Order
So in France there was a problem - the punishments were way too harsh. Thieves who stole gold could have the same punishment as those who stole hay. Criminals would be branded with hot iron and would be hanged; during the revolution people would be executed with the guillotine (FunFact: the guillotine was still being used in France when the first Star Wars movie came out!), but only aristocrats could afford this. People were being sentenced and executed on the very same day. Lesser crimes, usually meant a few hours in the stocks, branding, whipping, and a sentence of several years in the galleys.
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