District attorney and prosecutors
People were punished publicly for committing a sin
Thousands.
They didn't. Most people who were accused of witchcrafter were wrongly accused & convicted.
They were accused of cursing people and also killing them. Joana Dos Santos Felisberto.
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The Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Amendments protect the rights of the accused. The rights of the accused are in the US Constitution's Bill of Rights, and are intended to ensure people accused of committing crimes receive equal justice under the law.
Yes. The judicial branch tries people accused of breaking laws (criminal trial), as well as people accused of committing torts (non-criminal, civil trial).
Sirius Black was the prisoner and he was not guilty of committing the crime he was accused of doing. He was accused of killing some people including Peter Pettigrew.
Catholic Church was responsible. The men arresting, committing torture, and killing people in the name of God were Catholic Church representatives.
Yes. The key word of your question is ACCUSED. Until a person is found guilty, they are innocent. Can you think of anyone that needs a lawyer more?
The three main types of crimes people were accused of at the Nuremberg trials were crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. These encompassed offenses such as starting wars of aggression, committing atrocities during wartime, and perpetrating acts of genocide or other inhumane acts against civilian populations.
People were punished publicly for committing a sin
Abigail falsely accused people of witchcraft. She and her friends all pretended to be bewitched and then falsely identified people they didn't like or people who weren't trusted in the community and being responsible for her bewitchment.
The people. If a national official is accused of committing a crime and word gets out to a representative or anyone in government, they can hold a trial against the official as long as there is some evidence. If, for example, i was president and accused of stealing from the Smithsonian and if there is evidence that raises questions i could go to trial by order of congress. If i were to be found guilty of theft, i could be impeached.
Medieval witches were not accused of much. Witches were accused of all sorts of mischief, but that was during the Renaissance, not in medieval times. In medieval times, there were laws against witchcraft in some places, but the laws of the Carolingian Empire and the Kingdom of the Lombards both made it clear that belief in witchcraft was unacceptably superstitious and so prosecuting people as witches was illegal. And under the laws of King Athelstan, in Anglo Saxon England, it was a capital crime to execute a person for witchcraft. There is a link below to an article on witch hunts.
Committing crimes.