Once upon a time, " trial by fire" was a literal trial , with literal fire. The idea was that if an accus... ...would save the truly innocent. These were called trial by ordeal, and in some ways it made sense.Of cour... ...e, the system was far from foolproof; many of the *...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/04/20/A-History-of-Trial-By-Ordeal/
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Former county commissioner Jimmy Dimora is on trial in Akron, Ohio, for corruption. Channel 19 is cov... ...Ohio, for corruption. Channel 19 is covering the trial , but are not allowed to take cameras into the fed...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/19/puppets-court/
A man is accused of a crime. Is he guilty? Stick... ...is is the basic premise of the legal tradition of trial by ordeal, discredited since the Enlightenment.... ...st Peter T. Leeson says "yes":
How might these trials have worked, without divine intervention? The key... ...nds in boiling water. So pries...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/02/03/did-trial-by-ordeal-actually-work/