[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I don't know that trial by ordeal has been thought logical for a few hundred years, at least.

Well no. But at the time trial by ordeal was weighed very very heavily in favor of the accused.

William Rufus of England once had fifty men brought before him accused of breaking the forest laws. They all demanded trial by ordeal and they all got off.

[dsc]

"Well no. But at the time trial by ordeal was weighed very very heavily in favor of the accused."

That's good. Mad Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar practiced trial by ordeal in the 19th century, but it was nearly always fatal to the accused.