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Originally Posted by valo403
People that weren't there have judged every single criminal case since the invention of the modern justice system. It would be rather difficult to come up with an alternative.
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Of course in my day, we had the Trial By Ordeal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_by_ordeal
Trial by ordeal is a judicial practice by which the guilt or innocence of the accused is determined by subjecting them to an unpleasant, usually dangerous experience. In some cases, the accused were considered innocent only if they survived the test, or if their injuries healed.