trial by boiling water

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Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
Most Defendants in Medieval Boiling Water Trials Were Actually Exonerated
“If you look at the historical evidence, it turns out the overwhelming majority of people who supposedly plunged their arms into boiling water were in fact exonerated.”
Peter Leeson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:22 a16z Podcast | The Why Behind the Weird
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