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Being a PIG? A succulent Medieval pig?

spoilerActually animals went on trial a lot in Medieval times, particularly pigs, and most often for murder. Domesticated pigs were apparently a lot more aggressive back then and frequently killed people, often children, and they actually put them on trial for this.

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[–] Carl@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Animal trials are a pretty neat thing that used to be really common. Rats would go on trial for spreading plague, cats would go on trial for being lazy and not controlling the rat population, the idea was that the trial was a necessary part of restoring order to society.

[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

It's one of the reasons that trails are incredibly antiquated. Trials were closer to a ritual than an actual practice of justice, just brought over towards being 'scientific' during the Enlightenment.

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