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Crime and Punishment: Key Dates and Events
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- 1Roman Period43AD - 410AD
- 2Battle of Watling Street60AD - Queen Boudica led rebels against the Roman Empire, but were defeated
- 3The Dark Ages Period410 AD - 1066
- 4Institutes of Justinian553AD - basic laws written down in detail
- anyone bring case to court
- innocent until proven guilty
- defendant had right to present evidence
- defendant had right to fair and open trial - 5Synod of Whitby663AD - All Anglo Saxon kings converted to Christianity
- 6Medieval Period1066 - 1450
- 7Battle of Hastings1066 -
Duke William I of Normandy, successfully conquered England and defeated Harold Godwinson - 8English Civil War1135 - 1154
- 9Constitutes of Clarendon1164 - Henry II published 16 articles creating English column law while trying to decrease the power of the church and increase the power of the monarch
- 10Trial by Ordeal ended1215 - Introduced in the Dark Ages, it suggested that God would show innocence through lack of injury
- 11Constables Introduced1250 - Men responsible for law and order in their village (unpaid and voluntary for 1 year only)
- 12Posse Comitatus introduced1285 - new law created by Edward I - all men had the duty to form a posse and help the sheriff catch the criminal (extension to tithings)
- 13Justices of the Peace act1361 - Rich local landowners could be asked to become magistrates to help keep the peace of the kingdom
- 14Early Modern Period1450 - 1750
- 15Vagrancy Law1531 - Punishment of Vagabonds changed from stocks and pillory to whipping until bloody and then return to homeland
- 16Witchcraft becomes a crime1542 - Henry VIII made all religious crimes equivalent to crimes of the state
(abolished : 1736) - 17Vagrancy Act 21547 - Edward I stated that any able-bodied person who was out of work for more than three days should be branded with a V and sold into slavery for two years.
- 18Houses of Correction built1576 - idea of reform not remove
- 19Gunpowder plot1605 - Guy Fawkes tries to blow up parliament and fails
- 20Civil War 21642 - 1649
- 21Witchfinder General1645 - Matthew Hopkins paid by Essex authorities to hunt and kill witches - flourished during the civil war (executed: 1647)
- 22Waltham Black Act1723 - 50 more crimes punishable by death
- 23Bow Street runners1749 - London's first professional police force, created by Henry Fielding
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