List two things the document tells you about life at the time it was written. Being guilty of your crime in their lifetime was tough. If you were guilty of a crime you had to be hanged in front of the people of your city. In today's world this would never happen, especially in California. You have the opportunity, under the law, to get a lawyer, whether you are poor or rich. There is a system that the government has put in place to see if you are guilty of your crime or not. You also don't have people yelling and screaming at you and telling you that you deserve to die for your crime. The last thing you want to hear or see is people celebrating your death before you die. ii. If you were white you had an advantage. You could easily steal, kill, or injure an individual and blame the other race. The writer explains at the end of the article that Joaquín Murieta was innocent of his crimes. They tied him to a tree and embarrassed him in front of the public, even whipping him for stealing the horse. They killed his brother, a friend, a wife and punished him for stealing the horse that was his friend. White people had no consequences for their actions, whether they were right or wrong. They were above the law which included killing, hurting and robbing anyone who wasn't