On 3/26/2011 3:47 AM, donald_at_t1Koj_N7dBgJT-kM931H3vkhsgvpdoUWQr7VT-yX7BGqYqDk4NjhlOdBay4-rycpC6PgpY16NdGgLTG-8pE.yahoo.invalid wrote:
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> Why murder him? I think she'd have him put on trial with the PC who dumped the problem in
> her lap as the judge and a heavy hint about the expected outcome.
Why bother with a trial? In the Good Old Days, they had the elders or
the senate to declare the accused an enemy of the people or a traitor
without bothering to listen to any old defense. It was also a good way
to find out who might be sympathetic to Stepan (ie the people stupid
enough to vote against the attainder) with an eye to neutralizing them
later.
--Peter Metcalfe