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Code of Hammurabi (1750 BC) is the earliest records that show evidence of capital punishment. To inform people of when punishment began or when the people first became aware that there was punishment. The Code of Hammurabi is a collection of laws and edicts of t ....

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.... for unjust accusations, false testimony, and injustice done by the judges; the laws about property rights, loans, deposits, debts, domestic property, and family rights. A section speaking of personal injury states that penalties were imposed for injuries received during an unsuccessful operation by a doctor and damages caused by neglect in other trades. Rates were fixed in the code for a variety of services in trade and commerce. Hammurabi’s Code had no laws dealt with religion. The basis of criminal law is for equal retaliation that is comparable to “an eye for an eye”. It offers protection to all classes in Babylonian society; it looks ....