Hammurabi Research Paper

I will be comparing and contrasting The Code of Hammurabi punishable laws to the U.S death penalties today. I will be answering the following questions: How severe are the penalties if you break the law of The Hammurabi? Does the U.S death penalty have as many laws as The Code of Hammurabi? Might there be a historical connection between the code and U.S. laws?

The were some severe death penalties in the code of Hammurabi. If a man has accused another of laying a death spell upon him, but has not proved it. shall be put to death. if a man has borne false witness in a trail, or has not established the statement that he has made, that man shall be put to death. If a man has stolen goods from a temple, or house, he shall be put to death; and he …show more content…
If the thief cannot pay, he shall be put to death. I think they were so severe so that he can keep the people he controlled in order and unify them as well. In order to do that he had to set some laws down. He also wanted justice in his kingdom, in order to have that he had to destroy the wicked people and evil-doers, and hoping the wealthy(the strong) won't hurt the poor(the weak). I think the laws were unfair to the society because in Law 23 it says that “if the robber is not caught, the man who has been robbed shall formally declare whatever he has lost before a god, and the city and the mayor in whose territory or district the robbery has been committed shall replace them whatever he has lost”. This is unfair because they did not do the crime, why do they have to pay for it. The laws were also unfair to the ones that are harmless victims, in Law 48 it says ““If a man has borrowed money to plant his fields and storm has flooded his field or carried away the crop,…in that year he does not have to pay his creditor.” This is unfair to the creditor because the creditor never get his money. Law 7, “ if a man strikes a free born woman so that she loses her unborn child, he shall pay ten shekels for her loss.” He should have been thrown in jail or death because what is money going to do for her loss. I would not have been satisfied. I found one public reaction to penalty and punishment, Law 202.If any one strike the body of a man higher

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