Based on studies a person is 11 times more likely to be in an automobile accident or collision when they have reached the Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of .08. This is considered the "legal limit" in the United States. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) helped to pass the legal limit of .08.
When Sputnik went into orbit in 1957, America went into a panic. Only President Dwight Eisenhower retained his composure and understood that the United States was far superior to the Soviet Union in scientific research as well as in military firepower.
The Jim Crow laws enforced racial segregation, so B?? it might also be D though.
The big difference is that today's judgments have a legal rite. People should be judged with dignity, which was not always the case at that time, and condemnation must be evidence-based, which was not always respected either.
Another difference is that today there is no judgment based on supernatural situations, as was the case of the Witches of Salem. For a judgment made under the aegis of democracy, crime must have motives that can be substantiated. Finally, people who are tried today have a broad right of defense, which was not the case in the Middle Ages.