Regulations have governed human behavior for hundreds of centuries, and today criminal laws are intended to normalize and sometimes preserve social order. By identifying prohibited behaviors, they present understandable standards of action, warning society of actions for which it will or will not be held responsible, depending on the degree of seriousness; it is also figurative in that it conveys a statement that the public opposes these particular acts. The first identified account of written decrees dates back to the time of the Babylonian king Hammurabi, or what we know today as the Code of Hammurabi, which established high principles regarding an individual's actions and sanctions severe sanctions on offenders, inflicting consequences equivalent to those of their crimes. . Another ancient structure of written laws was the famous Mosaic law, such as the Code of Hammurabi, based on the “eye for an eye” rule (Realities and Challenges 99). The general public in the United States is governed by a vast amount of regulations emanating from a variety of foundations such as federal, state and local administrative institutes, which concern everything from acquiring a driver's license to crimes against people. Although the organization of law in the United States is vast, complex, and varied, it may actually be more comprehensive if we classify American laws into two general groups: civil law and criminal law. Civil law governs associations between individuals and parties who are harmed economically or physically by another individual or group can claim a charge against that unit. Conversely, criminal laws operate under the conjecture that society, rather than an individual, has been harmed by the proceedings initiated by the accused ... middle of paper ... e.g. murders . Faced with the death penalty, Bundy would soon appeal arguing that he was not responsible for all the murders (Rule 102-105). The investigators in the Ted Bundy case adhere to every legal element of our Constitution. When investigators realized they didn't have enough evidence to arrest Bundy, they gathered all the evidence needed to convict him of kidnapping Carol DaRonch. They provided him with a lawyer when he couldn't afford one and when he fired the lawyer, he was allowed to represent himself in his own case. Florida detectives were able to provide a lot of crucial evidence linking him to the assault and death of Kimberly Leach as well as the deaths of the other girls. Bundy was rightly sentenced, as required by Mosaic law, to death in the electric chair for the deaths of the many girls he murdered..