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As a young man, the famous essayist Michel de Montaigne witnessed the trial of Martin Guerre at Toulouse. In one of his essays later in life, Montaigne used the case of Martin Guerre to make an argument against punishment without due process or evidence—like, for example, the burning of witches. When he saw Arnaud du Tilh condemned to death for impersonating Martin, Montaigne was struck by the unreliability of the evidence in the case. Witnesses disagreed with each other. Even the evidence of Martin’s wooden leg was not necessarily conclusive, since it didn’t follow that any man with an amputated…