Re: Confession as evidence
And a few samll number of centuries before that, it was ducking stools, trial by fire, trial by combat and the 'Spanish Inquisitions' favourite interrogation methods, and this is only a few hundred years after the Romans (who I beleive had at least the rudiements of a fairly sensible legal system).
Up a ladder, down a snake. The defintion of 'Progress' depends on the madness of the 'man' in charge.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
