Answer:
The Code of Hammurabi stated that if anyone bring an accusation of any crime before the elders, and does not prove what he has charged, he shall, if it be a capital offense charged, be put to death.
Explanation:
The Code of Hammurabi refers to a Babylonian collection of legal decisions from the 18th century BC. It is also considered one of the most important and best-known literary works of ancient Mesopotamia and an important source of cuneiform legal systems.
The text consists of around 8000 words that were written down on the preserved stele in 51 columns, each with around 80 lines, in ancient Babylonian monumental cuneiform writing. The legal sentences contained, which make up around eighty percent of the total text, relate to constitutional law, real estate law, contract law, marriage law, inheritance law, criminal law, tenancy law and cattle breeding and slave law.
Many laws of this Code, such as the "eye for an eye" or the one mentioned, referring to the death penalty when an accusation cannot be proven with that penalty as punishment, formed the basis of western law in its initial development.
