For every breach of trust, whether it is for an ox, for a donkey, for a sheep, for a cloak, or for any kind of lost thing, of which one says, ‘This is it,’ the case of both parties shall come before God. The one whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.
#exodus 22:9 #mishpatim

If someone falsely accuses someone else of stealing, then the false accuser must be treated as a thief.

God's rule is that a false accuser should always be given the same punishment he intended for his victim. We could avoid a lot of injustice if we enforced that rule in our own civil courts.