[Avodah] hanging?? how to deal w/traitors??

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 11:58:53AM -0800, Harvey Benton wrote:
: traitors in the old days  were dealt with 
: how?? did the king [melech] handle 
: them on his (her in the case of a novi
: eg, devorah- was there a king??)
: or did it have to go to the sanhedrin??

See the Ran on Sanhedrin 91.

The king has the authority and responsibility to keep an orderly
society.

You are also raising issues of the mored bemalkhus.

Rambam Melakhim 3:8, Minchas Chinukh #295, Arukh haShulchan CM 1:26.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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