Read the passage from Hammurabi’s Code.If any one bring an accusation of any crime before the elders, and does not prove what he has charged, he shall, if it be a capital offense charged, be put to death.–Hammurabi’s Code

The passage says that if someone accuses another person of a capital offense but cannot prove the accusation, the accuser will be put to death. This severe penalty discourages people from making false or unsupported accusations. So the law discourages people from wrongly accusing someone of a crime.

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