Guilty Until Eaten: The Bizarre, Brutal, and Bone-Chilling History of Ancient Justice

Guilty Until Eaten pulls back the veil on the “legal” madness of our ancestors. This fact-book is a deep dive into the macabre and often hilarious world of ancient jurisprudence. We explore the Code of Hammurabi’s “eye for an eye” obsession, the bizarre Greek obsession with inanimate objects on trial, and the terrifying “Divine Ordeals” of the Middle Ages. Packed with verified historical accounts, this book reveals how humanity spent thousands of years trying to outsource justice to the gods, the elements, and the local wildlife. It’s history at its most visceral, strange, and undeniably captivating.