Athens had law courts with trial by the jury.Juries were larger than the ones we have today-500 citizen normally, but sometimes more.The were no lawyers,so people spoke in their own defence. After listening to the evidence,jurors voted by placing metal discs into one of two jars-one for guily,one for not goily.Punishments included the death penalty.Speeches were timed by a water-clock,as shown in the pictures.Citizens also voted to get rid of politicians they did not like.They wrote the name of the person they hated on a piece of broken pottery,called an ostracon.Any politician who got more than 600 votes was banished from the city of 10 years.