Punishment for a crime can include one or more of the following, based on the nature of the crime, who or what the crime is committed against, and the criminal record of the convicted:
Death
Exile (for a number of years or summers)
Flogging (a set number of strokes)
Hard labour (for a period of days, months, or years de- pending on the seriousness of the crime)
Imprisonment in the dungeons of Castle Bright (for a period of days or months depending on the seriousness of the crime)
Fine (payable to the city; inability to pay the fine leads to imprisonment and/or hard labour)
Damages (payable to the injured party or victim's kin; inability to pay damages leads to imprisonment and/or hard labour)
Edict (forbidding the convicted from doing something; violation of an edict can result in imprisonment, hard labour, and/or a fine)
Document Structure
I. Crimes against Lords, Officials, and Nobles
Assaulting or impersonating a Councillor: death
Assaulting or impersonating an official or noble: flogging, imprisonment up to a tenday, and fine up to 500GP
Blackmailing an official: flogging and exile up to 10 years
Bribery or attempted bribery of an official: exile up to 20 years and fine up to double the bribe amount
Murder of a Councillor, official, or noble: death
Using magic to influence a Lord without consent: imprisonment up to a year, and fine or damages up to 1,000gp
Using magic to influence an official without consent: fine or damages up to 1,000GP and edict
II. Crimes against the City
Arson: death or hard labour up to 1 year, with fines and/or damages covering the cost of repairs plus 2,000GP
Brandishing weapons without due cause: imprisonment up to a tenday and/or fine up to 10GP
Espionage: death or permanent exile
Fencing stolen goods: fine equal to the value of the stolen goods and edict
Forgery of an official document: flogging and exile for 10 summers
Hampering justice: fine up to 200GP and hard labour up to a tenday
Littering: fine up to 2GP and edict
Poisoning a city well: death
Theft: flogging followed by imprisonment up to a tenday, hard labour up to 1 year, or fine equal to the value of the stolen goods
Treason: death
Vandalism: imprisonment up to a tenday plus fine and/or damages covering the cost of repairs plus up to 100GP
III. Crimes against the Gods
Assaulting a priest or lay worshipper: imprisonment up to a tenday and damages up to 500GP
Disorderly conduct within a temple: fine up to 5GP and edict.
Public blasphemy against a god or church: edict
Theft of temple goods or offerings: imprisonment up to a tenday and damages up to double the cost of the stolen items
Tomb-robbing: imprisonment up to a tenday and damages covering the cost of repairs plus 500GP
IV. Crimes against Citizens
Assaulting a citizen: imprisonment up to a tenday, flogging, and damages up to 1,000GP
Blackmailing or intimidating a citizen: fine or damages up to 500GP and edict
Burglary: imprisonment up to 3 months and damages equal to the value of the stolen goods plus 500GP
Damaging property or livestock: damages covering the cost of repairs or replacement plus up to 500GP
Disturbing the peace: fine up to 25GP and edict
Murdering a citizen without justification: death or hard labor up to 10 years, and damages up to 1,000GP paid to the victim's kin
Murdering a citizen with justification: exile up to 5 years or hard labor up to 3 years or damages up to 1,000GP paid to the victim's kin
Robbery: hard labour up to 1 month and damages equal to the value of the stolen goods plus 500GP
Slavery: flogging and hard labor up to 10 years
Using magic to influence a citizen without consent: fine or damages up to 1,000GP and edict
