Today we talked more about the code of Hammurabi. And it has really made me question if there rate of people being put in jail or crime rate was as high as ours today. Because then, punishment was a lot higher and made people fear doing things. In today’s world things are much nicer and the government doesn’t hand out as bad of punishment. Then if you killed someone you’d be killed. The phrase a life for a life was used a lot. In today’s world if you kill someone you could get life in jail on parole meaning if you act good you can get out earlier. These punishment is a lot better then death which makes me question in crime and murder rate was as high as ours. I also think if you just looked how they acted then. There were lots of crime going on but it was more to protest for more freedom. Now we don’t commit crime for freedom we commit out of anger or jealousy or physiological thoughts. This also brings the question up on if the world today is more easy and emotional then life hundreds of years ago.

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