In 500 BC, there was a rotten judge in Persia named Sissamnes
I got caught taking bribes and ruling
The king told me to take off my skin with a mountain body
I asked the king who he was going to replace
He answered that he was my son
Sissamnes’ skinned chair for the son of his successor Otanes Sissamnes
I told him to dress me uphoster
Otanes had to remember what happened to his father every time he sat in that chair
It reminded the corrupt judge of the consequences
I think it would be okay to introduce it to our country
A 16th century painting showing the skinning alive of a corrupt judge Sisamnes in the year 500BC
Sisamnes was a corrupt royal judge at the time of Cambyses ll in Persia
It
was discovered that he took a bribe in court and passed an unfair judgement As a consequence the king ordered that he be arrested for his corruption and ordered that he be skinned alive Before passing judgement the king asked Sisamnes who he wished to nominate as his successor Sisamnes in his greed chose his son Otanes
The king agreed and appointed Otanes to replace his father He subsequently passed judgement and ordered that Sisamnes removed skin should be used to upholster the seat on which the new judge would sit in court to remind him of the potential consequences of corruption
Otanes in his deliberations was forced to always remember that he was always sitting on the skin of his executed father This helped to ensure fairness and equity in all his hearings deliberations and sentences
Credited to Nah Militant