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PURITAN JUSTICE
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TYPES OF PUNISHMENT
• Puritan punishments were designed to be humiliating above all other emotional or physical pain. This form of punishment was thought to be the most effective.
• However, in some extreme cases, pain was not unrestrained. The most common forms of puritanical punishments were stocks and pillory, wearing letters, the ducking stool, whipping, and even execution.
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STOCKS
• Stocks were the most common form of punishment. They were made of two heavy wooden planks with holes cut out to hold the ankles and wrists.
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Crowds loved a good ear nailing or whipping.
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THE PILLORY
• The pillory was designed to hold the criminal while standing, and had holes for the head and hands.
• The stocks were designed for the lower class, and the pillory was designed for the elite in the community.
• To add insult to injury, the community would hurl insults and leftovers at the captive.
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LETTER WEARING• As made infamous by Nathaniel
Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter," letters were often sewn onto a criminal's clothes.
• The letters would represent specific crimes. For example, a "T" would stand for "thief" and a "D" would stand for "drunk in public."
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THE DUCKING STOOL• The ducking stool was reserved for wives who
were deemed disrespectful and women known for gossip. The tool of judgment was a plank of wood balanced at the central location, much like a see-saw.
• A stool was strapped to the end of the plank, where the woman would be tied, and placed over water. A judge would assign a number of dunks based on the level of offense, and the criminal would face the judicial system wet and humiliated.
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WHIPPINGS AND BRUTAL PUNISHMENTS
• In occasions of grave offense, whipping would be inflicted. Most criminals would receive 20-40 lashes. The highest number of lashes on record was 117.
• A crime considered especially heinous was speaking against the religion. If anyone spoke against Puritanism, the culprit would have a hot awl gouged through his tongue.
–OMG!!!
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BRANDING• In some cases, instead of stitching a letter into
clothing, the criminal would have a letter branded on the flesh.
• Typically, this flesh was the forehead, but other body parts have also have been documented for branding.
• Some records show that alleged criminals were punished by having their ears cut off.
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EXECUTION
• Puritans also executed their most serious offenders.
• The crimes worthy of death included adultery, even when only one witness would speak against the defendant, according to Celebrate Boston.
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TOUGH LOVE• The most common form of execution was
hanging, but some people were burned at the stake.
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YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS BAD?
• Records show that one particularly offensive Puritan was dismembered, or "drawn and quartered."
That’s just gross!!!
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THE MORAL OF THE STORY?
You REALLY didn’t want to get in trouble if you were a Puritan.