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What do you think the value was in making the punishments for the crimes known to all?

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Answer: Lex talionis

Explanation: Lex talionis is the idea that: the punishment should match the crime in kind, that justice demands "an eye for an eye, a life for a life." The view that offenders deserve to be punished, or "paid back," for their crimes and to be punished in proportion to the severity of their offenses is known as: retributivism.

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