In Babylon, punishment relied on a sort of "eye to eye" system of persecution, in which, for example, if a man murdered someone's son, the murderer's son would be killed, as opposed to the murderer himself. A similar system existed with lying/defamation, in which, in serious cases, spreading a lie about someone would result in the defaming action being used against the defamer.
And now, with our modern systems of justice, we wonder why the West is falling so fast?