Kalith,
Under Justice of Coin, whoever has more money wins the trial: and not only that, but others outside the two on trial may contribute. This means that if you belong to a group with significant gold, you will likely never be convicted of any crime you commit. Under this law, if I had one hundred gold, and you had one gold, I could murder you, pay more money than you in the trial, and as long as outsiders don't boost your funds over mine, YOU get punished for being murdered. And all the coin that was collected goes to the empire, some of it more likely than not to the Sheriff himself. You could even be brought to court for NOTHING, and be killed because you don't have money. There is SO much wrong with this I don't even have the will or patience to dream it all up, suffice to say that it is a system we should NEVER stoop to.
Just imagine having a friend murdered by someone, and when that friend brought up charges, he was killed AGAIN because he didn't have the money to win, and you didn't have enough money to pitch in over the murderer's cohorts. That is this system, in a nutshell.
- Velnaeus Xevaz, of the Seekers.
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