SOCIAL CRIMES:

Crimes of violence against commoners. As a general rule, only common folk will suffer the more server penalties. A noble's liability is usually limited to restitution in cash or kind, if that.

• Abduction: Detention of a person against his will without lawful cause.
  Penalties: Restitution, fine, imprisonment.
• Battery: Common assault causing injury.    
  Penalties: Restitution, fine, flogging.
• Cannibalism: Eating or skinning of human bodies. The latter is not illegal in Rethem. Generally deemed a felony.
  Penalties: Death by starvation or burning.
• Manslaughter: The accidental slaying of a commoner. This is generally considered a felony.
  Penalties: Restitution, fine, Imprisonment.
• Murder: Killing a commoner without due cause or provocation. This is generally considered a felony.
  Penalties: Restitution, fine, hanging.
• Obscenity: Engaging in some prohibited sexual act such as prostitution, etc
  Penalties: Imprisonment, death by stoning. 
• Rape/Adultery: Sexual assault of a maiden, or sexual relations with a married woman.
  Penalties: Flogging, restitution, castration, death by stoning.
• Slander: False accusation, malicious gossip, etc.
  Penalties: Scolding, removal of the tongue, restitution, flogging.