Deciding
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- There's a story in the Thousand and One Nights wherein a sultan is having trouble deciding how to judge a (well publicized) case, and ends up wandering around town for a bit to clear his head.
Source: Cowboys and Indians - It shows the judge receiving and considering his testimony on the events and his father finally deciding to help him.
Source: Shoot The Shaggy Dog / Film - Formerly, any murder cases would be eligible for the death penalty, with the judge (or jury, depending on jurisdiction) deciding whether a given case merited capital punishment.
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