[Rusty0604]

Let him do time and deport him. They need to put a permanent mark on the forehead of deportees, so when they come back we’ll know it. I know they cant do it, but I can dream too!

[hanamizu]

They need to put a permanent mark on the forehead of deportees, so when they come back we’ll know it.

---

That was one advantage to the old practice of branding someone as part (or all) of their punishment. Before prisons, criminals were hanged for serious offenses or had pain inflicted, like lashes or branding. The criminal was then set free to nurse his wounds and resume his life. Some crimes merited branding, which besides hurting, marked the criminal for life. A ‘T’ on the forehead cheek let everyone know what you had done in the past.

The soldiers who fired on civilians at the Boston Massacre were successfully defended by John Adams who had them plead benefit of clergy. But you were only allowed to beat the rap one time using that defense, so they were branded on their thumbs.