For example, any social history will reveal that mutilation and torture were routine forms of criminal punishment. The kind of infraction today that would give you a fine, in those days would result in your tongue being cut out, your ears being cut off, you being blinded, a hand being chopped off and so on.
Na primjer, društvena povijest nam kazuje kako su sakaćenje i mučenje bili rutinski oblici kažnjavanja kriminalaca. Prekršaj zbog kojega bi danas dobili novčanu kaznu, u to doba bio bi kažnjen odsjecanjem jezika, ušiju ili osljepljivanjem, odsijecanjem ruke i slično.