According to Webster’s New World College Dictionary a court hearing is a court appearance before a judge or court referee, other than an actual formal trial or a formal meeting, as of an investigative body or legislative committee, before which evidence is presented, or a testimony is given. In The Crucible By Arthur Miller, the court ties religion into cases by asking biblical based questions and asking accused people about the accused religious habits such as how often the accused go to church also the court can be somewhat biased at points while battling the issue of witch craft. The typical state court the court is justice based and unbiased and handles more variety of cases than the religion-based court did during the time period The Crucible …show more content…
State courts handle accusations by arresting and prosecuting people whom are accused of violating laws or probations, helping get criminals/ potential criminals off the streets. The religion-based court in The Crucible handles accusations by if a person is mentioned in court the person could be arrested and tried in court in front of a judge, the possibility of being arrested made citizens be in constant paranoia. Citizens could be accused for anything that could possibly pertain to the devil whether it was truthful or made up. An example of how the religion-based court in The Crucible handles accusations is Mary Warren says while pointing at Elizabeth “I saved her life today!” (Miller, 165) Elizabeth asks quietly to her self “I am accused?” (Miller, 165) Marry Warren tells Elizabeth unsurely “Somewhat mentioned. But I said I never see no sign you ever sent your spirit out to hurt no one, and seeing I do live so closely with you, they dismissed it,” (Miller, 165). State government and Religion-based government differ in how each handles accusations by the religion-based court created mass paranoia because any citizen could have been accused at any given time for anything they did or did not do and state courts try to help get criminals off the streets. The way state and religion-based courts decide on who the judge for the case will be is very