Library 3.0

I am in my Criminal Courts Justice Class, this is the rules that was in the state Massachusetts back in 1968. Man they did nit play no games. Just read this, Knowledge is POWER: Biblically Based Capital Crimes for Massachusetts in 1648
1. IF any man after legal conviction shall HAVE OR WORSHIP any other God, but the LORD
GOD: he shall be put to death. Exod. 22:20. Deut. 13:6, 10. Deut. 17:2, 6.
2. If any man or woman be a WITCH, that is, hath or consulteth with a familiar spirit, they shall be put to death. Exod. 22:18. Lev. 20:27. Deut. 18:10, 11.
3. If any person within this Jurisdiction whether Christian or Pagan shall wittingly and willingly presume to BLASPHEME the holy Name of God, Father, Son or Holy-Ghost, with direct, expresse, presumptuous, or high-handed blasphemy, either by wilfull or obstinate denying the true God, or his Creation, or Government of the world: or shall curse God in like manner, or reproach the holy Religion of God as if it were but a politick device to keep ignorant men in awe; or shall utter any other kinde of Blasphemy of the like nature and degree they shall be put to death. Lev. 24:15, 16.
4. If any person shall commit any wilfull MURTHER, which is Man slaughter, committed
upon premeditate malice, hatred, or crueltie not in a man’s necessary and just defence, nor by meer casualty against his will, he shall be put to death. Exod. 21:12, 13. Num. 35:31.
5. If any person slayeth another suddenly in his anger, or cruelty of passion, he shall be put to death. Lev. 24:17. Num. 35:20, 21.
6. If any person shall slay another through guile, either by POYSONING, or other such develish practice, he shall be put to death. Exod. 21:14.
7. If any man or woman shall LYE WITH ANY BEAST, or bruit creature, by carnall copulation; they shall surely be put to death: and the beast shall be slain, and buried, and not eaten.
Lev. 20:15, 16.
8. If any man LYETH WITH MAN-KINDE as he lieth with a woman, both of them have
committed abomination, they both shal surely be put to death: unless the one partie were forced (or be under fourteen years of age in which case he shall be seveerly punished) Lev.
20:13.
9. If any person commit ADULTERIE with a married, or espoused wife; the Adulterer and Adulteresse shal surely be put to death. Lev. 20:19. and 18:20. Deut. 22:23, 27.
10. If any man STEALETH A MAN, or Man-kinde, he shall surely be put to death. Exod.
21:16.
11. If any man rise up by FALSE-WITNES wittingly, and of purpose to take away any mans life: he shal be put to death. Deut. 19:16, 18, 16.
12. If any man shall CONSPIRE, and attempt any Invasion, Insurrection, or publick Rebellion against our Common-Wealth: or shall indeavour to surprize any Town, or Townes, Fort, or Forts therin; or shall treacherously, and persidiously attempt the Alteration and Subversion of our frame of Politie, or Government fundamentally he shall be put to death. Num. 16. 2
Sam. 3. 2 Sam. 18. 2 Sam. 20.
13. If any child, or children, above sixteen years old, and of sufficient understanding, shall CURSE, or SMITE their natural FATHER, or MOTHER; he or they shall be put to death: unles it can be sufficiently testified that the Parents have been very unchristianly negligent
in the eduction of such children; or so provoked them by extream, and cruel correction; that
they have been forced therunto to preserve themselves from death or maiming. Exod.
21:17. Lev. 20:9. Exod. 21:15.
14. If a man have a stubborn or REBELLIOUS SON, of sufficient years and uderstanding (viz) sixteen years of age, which will not obey the voice of his Father, or the voice of his Mother, and that when they have chastened him will not harken unto them: then shal his Father & Mother being his natural parets,lay hold on him,and bring him to the Magistrates assembled in Court & testifie unto them that their Son is stubborn & rebellious & will not obey their voice and chastisement, but lives in sundry notorious crimes, such a son shal be put to death. Deut. 21:20, 21.
15. If any man shal RAVISH any maid or single woman, comitting carnal copulation with her by force, against her own will; that is above the age of ten years he shal be punished either with death, or with some other greivous punishmet according to circumstances as the Judges, or General court shal determin (Farrand, 1648/1929).