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.
Weather, local tribes such as local Indians, and viruses
The romans saw Jesus as someone that could takeover and become more important than them. He would overpower them and make them lose their position as kings and rulers
They sent delegates to the 2nd Continental Congress