Nelson Mandela
Crime: Saying that people should treat each other as equals.
Punishment: Imprisoned for 27 years.
Cicero
Crime: Preferring democracy to despotism.
Punishment: Exiled, then let back. Head chopped off and stuck on a pike.
Mahatma Gandhi
Crime: Preaching non-violence.
Punishment: Repeatedly jailed. Later assassinated.
Joan of Arc
Crime: Winning too much. Being a woman. Praying a lot.
Punishment: Imprisoned, raped, and burned at the stake.
Socrates
Crime: Asked searching questions about The Good, about Justice, and about man’s responsibility to his country.
Punishment: Calumnied, imprisoned, and executed by way of poison.
Galileo Galilei
Crime: Wondered if the earth could be circling the sun, and not the other way around.
Punishment: Imprisoned for life
Jesus of Nazareth
Crime: Saying we should be nice to each other.
Punishment: Beaten, mocked, whipped, stabbed, and later crucified.
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