Read the following passage from the Code of Hammurabi. Which of the
following conclusions about criminal law in Babylon is most supported by
this passage?
5. If a judge try a case, reach a decision, and present his
judgment in writing; if later error shall appear in his
decision, and it be through his own fault, then he shall pay
twelve times the fine set by him in the case, and he shall be
publicly removed from the judge's bench, and never again
shall he sit there to render judgment,
1. The Code of Hammurabi, translated by L.W.King, 1915. vble University: The Avalon
Project, last modified 2008, http://avalon law.yale.edu/ancient/hamframe.asp. Courtesy
of Yale Law School's Lillian Goldman Law Library
A. Babylonian judges were punished for incorrect rulings.
B. Judges in Babylon were given lifetime appointments.
C. Babylonian judges only punished criminals through violent means.
D. Judges in Babylon did not need to follow the law.