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Old 01-18-2010, 11:36 AM   #2
Mnemosyne
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As far as I know, no one does. There's a lot of fanfic exploring the possibilities, though, and I'd be more than happy to link you to some of the theories I've encountered there.

Here's a question bouncing off that, though:

What sort of a justice system would the Shire have had, to deal with such clear evildoers as Sandyman? We know that they never used capital punishment, and the more brutal forms of corporal punishment don't seem very hobbitous either. We also know that they didn't have prisons, at least, not the way that we'd think of them, since the "Lockholes" were actually the "old storage tunnels" in Michel Delving and were thus converted into a prison by the ruffians.

We can also assume, given the lengths Frodo took to make sure that the Shire's spirit remained as intact as possible (no killing of hobbits) that any changes to the justice system that resulted from the Troubles would have been as mild as possible. Given the horrors of the Lockholes I don't think that it would have remained a prison.

Again, I've heard some hypotheses--banishment and shunning are the two most predominant theories that I've encountered in fan fiction--but I'd love to hear everyone else's take on the matter.
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